NMLP P-037992 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan · Nathaniel Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultrey near Cornhil, London · 1678
No UK-vs-US and no original-language question: London 1678 is the true first and only first, and the work is English. The First Part (1678) and the Second Part (1684) are separate publications; a set is not a 'first edition' unless both parts are the respective firsts. The spurious Third Part (c.1693) is not by Bunyan and was disowned — it is not part of the work.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037992 for "The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037992, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).