pilgrims progress (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Undated - previous owner inscription dated 1892. 448 pages. A very clean bright tight copy.

First edition in Arabic. First edition in Arabic. Title vignette of Bunyan in prison, 7 plates captioned in Arabic. [6], 281, [1, imprint], [2, blank] pp. 1 vols. 8vo in 6s. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress translated into Arabic, with a life of the author, by Christoph Friedrich Schlienz. From the title page, this is nominally the first volume, but press marks are continuous and the text is complete: the end, part twentieth, sees the Pilgrim reach the Celestial City. Printed at Malta by the Anglican missionaries. William R. Whittingham (1805-1879), graduated the General Theological Seminary in 1825 and was named librarian of the newly founded school. He later accepted a position on the faculty in 1836. Whittingham was consecrated the fourth Bishop of Maryland in 1840 and served in that capacity until his death. This copy with his contemporary gift inscription to the GTS library, "From the Rev. W.R. Whittingham, 1834" RARE FIRST EDIITION IN ARABIC of a classic of English literature and of Christian devotion. Roper, Arabic printing in Malta, 1825-1845, 56. OCLC: 57188645 (Columbia, Glasgow, Tübingen), 643954559 (Manchester). Provenance: William R. Whittingham, gif tinscription, 1834; General Theological Seminary (bookplates and inkstamps) Original silky cloth over boards, twentieth-century binder's cloth spine. Joints crudely rehinged, title leaf reinforced at gutter; binding cracked and a few leaves loosened. Contemporary presentation inscription on pastedown. Very good, internally fine Title vignette of Bunyan in prison, 7 plates captioned in Arabic. [6], 281, [1, imprint], [2, blank] pp. 1 vols. 8vo in 6s.

Twelve engraved plates. Oblong 8vo (7 x 10-7/8 inches). Dramatic series of 12 engravings illustrating Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, issued by the London print publisher Carington Bowles (1724-1793). Stab holes, toned, plates 1 & 12 with closed tears and old repairs on verso, plate 5 stained and trimmed at one corner Twelve engraved plates. Oblong 8vo (7 x 10-7/8 inches).