Accession number
PML 38995
Creator
Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.
Published
London : Printed for N. Boddington, at the Golden Ball in Duck-Lane, 1710.
Notes
"Books printed for and sold by N. Boddington" on last page.
17th edition; considered the rarest of all the early editions.
Signatures: A-I¹²; in signature I (pages numbered 197 to 201) the text is complete but the imposition is wrong; the recto of I8 (p. 197) carries the text which should be on recto of I10 (p. 201); likewise 18 verso (p. 198) - 19 recto (p. 199) carries the text of 19 recto and verso (p. 199-200), 19 verso - I10 recto (p. 200-201) carries the text of 18 recto and verso (p. 197-198).
17th edition; considered the rarest of all the early editions.
Signatures: A-I¹²; in signature I (pages numbered 197 to 201) the text is complete but the imposition is wrong; the recto of I8 (p. 197) carries the text which should be on recto of I10 (p. 201); likewise 18 verso (p. 198) - 19 recto (p. 199) carries the text of 19 recto and verso (p. 199-200), 19 verso - I10 recto (p. 200-201) carries the text of 18 recto and verso (p. 197-198).
Description
4 prelim. leaves, 205, [1] p. : ill., front. (port.)
Provenance
Hodgson's sale 22 July 1932, lot 510 and from the Harmsworth Library (sale 27 Jan. 1947 lot 2732).
Binding
Old calf.
Classification
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