The work of Jesus Christ, as an advocate, clearly explained, and largely improved, for the benefit of all believers. From 1John 2.1. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous. by John Bunyan - 1688

London: printed for Dorman Newman, at the King’s-Arms in the Poultry , 1688. First edition, second issue. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Wing B5608. First edition, second issue, first issue of the same year was titled "The Advocateship of Jesus Christ". One blank, frontis portrait, tp, 'The Epistle to the Reader', 8 pages, Contents, 14 pages with errata on last page, 208 pages with errata on last page, 8 pages of ads, one blank. Contemporary sheep, rebacked with 5 raised bands on spine and gilt titles. Condition is Very Good; Very light wear to covers, professionally rebacked, previous owner's names (Catherine and John Leakey) and Leakey and Kiddell birth and marriage records (1771-1794) on front and rear endpapers, poetry signed H.G.K. on last page of contents and name Henry Grove Kiddell (1792-1833) on first page of text, pages are very lightly toned with no foxing or staining, binding is tight, first leaf is a blank endpaper with family notes from the 1700s, then there are 2 short stubs where endpapers or pages have been removed, then the frontis and title pages both of which are mounted on short white stubs. the frontis is mounted on a blank which may or may not be original, I can see by holding it up to the light that the frontis has text printed on verso, and it appears to be ads for books by John Marshall at the Bible, London. So it is probably early 18th c. . So it is clearly not the original frontis - this one is a woodcut, the Folger copy has an engraved frontis. Bunyan RGR