c.1660 JOHN BUNYAN. Oak from the Pulpit from Which John Bunyan Preached in Bedfordshire, England. Leather February 21

February 21

A very rare autographed carte de visite

for the Benefit and Instruction of the Coloured Population

the proof-reading for which was entrusted to John Leusden

Man's Boast and God's Rebuke by J

c.1660 JOHN BUNYAN. Oak from the Pulpit from Which John Bunyan Preached in Bedfordshire, England. Leather February 21An exceptional item. We knew these existed, but they appear inexplicably rare. During a need to conserve the famed tree pulpit of John Bunyan, preached from in Bedfordshire, 1660, a section of wood needed to be replaced. As a result, a few "scraps of precious material" were preserved and given to generous friends as a memento of the famed Bedford Tinker, and author of Pilgrim's Progress. We offered another example just recently, the first we have