1678 / 1928 JOHN BUNYAN. Fine "Noel Douglas" Facsimile of First Edition in Fine Arts & Crafts Binding.

A really beautifully produced facsimile on fine paper of the true first edition [1678] of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Very attractively bound by B.H. Blackwell Ltd, Oxford in half crushed morocco with raised bands, subtle Arts & Crafts tooling, marbled endpapers, and top-edge gilt in gold. A lovely example. Bunyan, John. The Noel Douglas Replicas. John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress. The Pilgrim's Progress was Published in 1678 - Until Recently Only One Copy of the First Edition was Known to Exist - There are now Six Known Copies of which Two have Errata on the Last Page and Some Misprints in Pagination Corrected - it is Probable that the Addition and Corrections were made in Course of Printing - while all are Generally Recognised as of the First Edition Four Only Contain these Pages in their Original Form - the Copy here Reproduced is the One of the four which is in the King's Library of the British Museum. London. Noel Douglas. 1928. 233pp. Very good condition, leather freshly