The whole works of that eminent servant of Christ, the late Reverend and much esteemed Mr. John Bunyan, formerly minister of the gospel, and pastor of a congregation at Bedford; including the whole of his pieces, sermons, discourses, tracts, and other writings, on various divine subjects: Being expository, explanatory, allegorical, familiar, experimental, and practical, in prose and verse, viz. ... Including all the original prefaces, titles, recommendatory epistles, an authentic account of the life and death of Mr. John Bunyan, his divine emblems for youth, &c. and other pieces never printed in any former collection. The whole carefully revised and corrected; and illustrated with notes, explanatory, experimental, practical, &c. by Mr. William Mason, and others. With a recommendatory preface, by the Rev. Mr. John Ryland, A.M. of Northampton, The whole embellished with the most superb, numerous, and elegant set of copper-plates, engraved by Thornton, Hawkins, Morris, Pollard, Grainger, Golder, Cary, Noble, Burder, Conder, Walker, Wooding, Hall, &c. from the original designs of Dodd, Hamilton, and others; being adapted not only to the pilgrim's progress, holy war, &c. but also to all the other valuable pieces of this celebrated and evangelical author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Fiction--Early works to 1800.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6v.,plates ) ports ;

Edition:

An entire new and complete edition. In six volumes ..

Other Title:

Whole works of that eminent servant of Christ,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the proprietors, and published by Alex. Hogg, at the King's-Arms, No. 16, Paternoster-Row, [1782-1784?]

Notes:

Vol. 1-4 have continuous pagination, and were published in sixty-two numbers.

Vol. 5 is an undated edition of 'The pilgrim's progress', "printed for Alex. Hogg," published in eight numbers.

Vol 6 is a separate issue of 'The holy war', "printed .. for the editor; and now published by Alex. Hogg; and Vallance and Conder", 1782, and includes a separately paginated "An authentic account of the life and death of Mr. Bunyan"; published in ten numbers.

Many of the plates are dated 1784.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T59004.

OCLC:

642637692