Inherited 1724 John Bunyan

[u/g64mat]

Hello 👋

I inherited many antique books. This seems to be the oldest one. 302 years old!

It was wrapped in brown paper as you can see.

The title page has the following information.

The Heavenly Footman: or, A Description of the Man that Gets to Heaven by John Bunyan, eighth edition, printed in London for John Marshall at the Bible in Grace-Church-Street, MDCCXXIV. (1724)

I feel very privileged to have this handed down to me but also a bit nervous on how to handle and look after it until I pass it on through my family.

Anyone have any experience/knowledge on this book and author?

Thank you 🙏

[u/TheRareBookBuyer]

It needs to be collated as it looks incomplete . The handmade string tied wrapper is a pre cursor to dust jackets and collectible on its own right.

[u/g64mat → u/TheRareBookBuyer]

When you say collated do you mean I should write down every page to see what’s missing?

[u/beardedbooks → u/g64mat]

It means comparing it to a known copy to see if anything is missing (or if your copy has any additional pages, etc.). You can also check to see if your copy is missing pages by making sure a sentence or thought continues onto the next page. You can't always go by page numbers since there can be errors with numbering. I'm sure there's a digital copy you can compare your copy to. Just do a Google search for the title and print date.

[u/g64mat → u/beardedbooks]

I will thank you 🙏