"The Pearl of Great Price" is a selection from the revelations, translations, and narrations of Joseph Smith. It is a collection of writings that is representative of many of the aspects of the Mormon faith and is considered an important volume in the Mormon scripture. «The Pearl of Great» Price takes its title from the parable told by Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew, an analogy of the value of a place in the Kingdom of Heaven.
The Pilgrim's Progress, religious allegory by the English writer John Bunyan, published in two parts in 1678 and 1684. The work is a symbolic vision of the good man's pilgrimage through life. At one time second only to the Bible in popularity, The Pilgrim's Progress is the most famous Christian allegory still in print.
William Finden (1787-1852) was an English engraver. His first employment on his own account was engraving illustrations for books, and among the most noteworthy of these early plates were Robert Smirke's illustrations to Don Quixote. His neat style and smooth finish made his pictures very attractive and popular, and although he executed several large plates, his chief work throughout his life was book illustration.