The jacket has loss to the head and tail; the front board suffers from a slight lift, and apart from a neat ownership inscription on the title page, the body of the book is immaculate. xx, 454 pages, 'Embellished with 68 engravings'. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy, it weighs over a kilo, and will attract additional postage. First published in 1682, 'Bunyan's allegory is about the town "Mansoul" (Man's soul). "Though this town is perfect and bears the image of Shaddai (Almighty), it is deceived to rebel and throw off his gracious rule, replacing it instead with the rule of Diabolus. Though Mansoul has rejected the Kingship of Shaddai, he sends his son Emmanuel to reclaim it.' (Wikipedia)