Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The Christian pilgrim : containing an account of the wonderful adventures and miraculous escapes of a Christian, in his travels from the Land of Destruction to the New Jerulsalem.
Call Number
Hamilton 177s
3653.325s
Eng 18 5504
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8w32r9403
Language
English
Date Created
1798
Extent
2 v. in 1 (219, [5] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 11 cm. (24mo)
References
ESTC W37771
Evans 33473
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 233
Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 134.1
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), 177
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Title-page of v. 2 (p. [113]) dated 1789.
Continuously paged.
Signatures: [A]⁸ B-G⁸ chi⁸ H-N⁸ (N⁷ advertisements, N⁸ blank).
Printer's advertisement on p. [3] at end.
"To the youth of America, the following pages calculated to inspire you with an early attachment to religion and virtue ..."--P. [5].
Princeton copy 1: In folder; inscribed on first fly-leaf recto: Hobbe Burt, her book, given to her by Miss Betsy Bond of Leicester.
Princeton copy 2 (c. 2): Imperfect : t.p. and front. wanting.
Princeton copy 2 (c. 2): Illegible inscriptions on p. 2 of cover.
Princeton copy 3: Signed on front pastedown: Isaac R. Thorne; on recto front.: Sarah Taft / Owner.
Binding Note
Princeton copy 1: Original wooden boards, covered with Dutch gilt papers.
Princeton copy 2 (c. 1): Contemporary calf binding.
Princeton copy 2 (c. 2): Original boards, cloth covered.
Princeton copy 3: Pub. wooden boards with traces of paper covers; spine stabbed and stiched; leather backstrip.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
233

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/628177cf-a95d-4600-895c-9eebc91ab4b1/manifest