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Dryden, John. Religio Laici, or A Laymans Faith. Jacob Tonson, London, 1682.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, [16], 28pp. Full calf, double-ruled gilt. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, with gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Bound by The Club Bindery in 1905. Solid text block, faint wear to hinges, light soiling to leaves along bottom edge. A very good example. Previous ownership bookplate affixed to front endpaper. (Macdonald 16a ii) (Pforzheimer 337) (Wing D 2342) From the collection of Winston H. Hagen, with his bookplate on front endpaper. Previously from the library of William Andrews Clark, Jr.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Quarto. [xvi], 28pp. Disbound. Macdonald 16a i-ii.
Seller: Sam Gatteno Books, Grosse Pointe, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$513.31 + shipping
Description: Small 4to., pp. [16], 28; title-page dusty, faint water stain to the outer margin of the first few gatherings; upper corner of E2 torn away, with the loss of part of the page number; a good copy in modern boards.First edition, second issue (with a few minor corrections; Macdonald located only two copies of the first): 'a defence of the Anglican position, which shows his singular power of arguing in verse' (Leslie Stephen, DNB). The inspiration for the poem was the translation of Richard Simon's Histoire critique du Vieux Testament published earlier in the year by Dryden's young friend, Henry Dickinson.Wing D 2342, Macdonald 16a ii; Pforzheimer 337. Language: English
Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom