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Bunyan, John
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
- The Pilgrim’s Progress from this World, to that Which is to Come delivered under the Similitude of a Dream wherein is Discovered, the Manner of his Setting Out, his Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Countrey. London: Printed for Nath. Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultrey, near Cornhil, 1679
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12mo (5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.; 145 x 83 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Bunyan dreaming by Robert White; B5–8 and quire F supplied from other copies with some staining and marginal fraying affecting a few shoulder-notes, tiny wormhole to title and following few leaves. Contemporary blind-panelled sheep; rebacked preserving original spine, corners restored. Blue morocco solander box.
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 3 February 1925, lot 406 (then lacking B5–8 and quire F) — Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth (his pencilled note on rear fly-leaf recording his supplying of the lacking leaves, dated August 1945; Harmswoth Trust sale, Sotheby's London, 27 January 1947, lot 2686)
Literature
Wing B5559
Condition
12mo (5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.; 145 x 83 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Bunyan dreaming by Robert White; B5–8 and quire F supplied from other copies with some staining and marginal fraying affecting a few shoulder-notes, tiny wormhole to title and following few leaves. Contemporary blind-panelled sheep; rebacked preserving original spine, corners restored. Blue morocco solander box.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Third edition, with additions, of one of the most popular and influential works in English literature. In the introduction to his Oxford University Press edition of Bunyan's celebrated allegory, J. B. Wharey notes that"The third edition enjoys the distinction of being virtually the first complete edition of the Pilgrim's Progress. It was the first to insert the long discourse between Mr. By-ends and his companions and their subsequent talk with Christian and Hopeful—the last addition of any consequence Bunyan made to the text." The third edition was the first to include the famous frontispiece, here in the second state with the city labelled "Destruction." This is the issue of the text with the advertisement at the foot of N6r (no priority). All early editions are very rare.