The Pilgrim's Progress

The dominant reprint tell is the facsimile: Elliot Stock's line-for-line facsimile of the Holford first-edition copy (London, 1876; reissued New York, Baker & Taylor, 1878) reproduces the 1678 title page exactly and is routinely mistaken for the original. Its type was cast from moulds of 1720 and it is printed on modern paper; look for the Elliot Stock or Baker & Taylor imprint and the modern editorial preface. A 1970 facsimile reprint of Part 1 circulates as well. Beyond facsimiles, this is one of the most reprinted books in English — virtually all donor copies are 19th- or 20th-century illustrated reprints, many advertised as 'as originally published' or 'the first edition text', which are first-thus claims about the text, not first editions.