Bidspirit auction | Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress

Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress and Other Works. Adam & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, c. 1880. - A large-format Victorian edition of The Pilgrim's Progress and Other Works by John Bunyan, published by Adam & Co. of Newcastle-on-Tyne. The volume is bound in heavy, dark leather or morocco-grain cloth featuring elaborate gilt and blind-stamped decorative motifs. The front board displays the title in stylised lettering alongside circular vignettes of Bedford Jail and Bunyan's cottage. The fore-edge is equipped with two original ornate brass clasps. The interior contains numerous full-page chromolithograph colour plates, including a scene titled Christian at the Wicket-Gate. A handwritten gift inscription in black ink on a front flyleaf reads: Frederick Ford. In Loving Remembrance of his Grandmother Ford. Oct 4th 1901.