{"product_id":"the-pilgrim-s-progress-john-bunyan-folio-society-limited-edition-2020-2","title":"The Pilgrim’s Progress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBUNYAN, John.  The Pilgrim’s Progress\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, 2020.  Limited Edition, one of 750 numbered copies for sale. John Bunyan’s religious masterpiece paired with William Blake’s watercolours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduced by Nathalie Collé with watercolours by William Blake. Edited by Roger Pooley. 326 × 247 × 41 mm. Pp. [1–2], [i–viii] ix–xxiv, [1–2] 3–355 [356–358]. Type: Poliphilus with Blado for display. Printed and bound by L.E.G.O. in quarter dark red leather with pale blue cloth boards and finished with red head- and tail-bands; front printed in black and blocked in gold with inset leather title label in gold designed by Anne Yvonne Gilbert, red ribbon marker. Gilded top edge. Dark red endleaves. Dark blue-green slip case with a printed inset illustration of Christian directed by Worldly Wiseman. The edition statement reads in part ‘limited to 750 numbered copies for sale and 25 lettered copies hors de commerce’. Twenty-eight illustrations by Blake, from the collection of Sir Alan Parker, are included in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very good copy, with binding firm, and pages clean and uninscribed, with just a few small marks to rear cover, some minuscule spots of wear to crown, and a small smudge to the closed text block. In like slipcase with a hint of shelf-wear. This is accompanied by the original brochure and letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Pilgrim's Progress, arguably the most influential religious book ever written in the English language, is an absorbing allegorical account of the journey of Christian, a tormented Everyman, from life in the City of Destruction, burdened by fear of damnation, to eternal salvation in the Celestial City. This is the only currently available edition of The Pilgrim’s Progress to feature all 28 of William Blake’s watercolour illustrations. They are displayed alongside the complete and authoritative text established by respected Bunyan scholar Roger Pooley and complemented by his informative notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54408975090003,"sku":null,"price":570.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/2020-The-Pilgrims-Progress-JOHN-BUNYAN-Folio-Society-Limited-Edition-2020_2_a6cdba2d-fc2f-4d27-8fce-58a517dd66ed.webp?v=1785075034","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-pilgrim-s-progress-john-bunyan-folio-society-limited-edition-2020-2","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}