Description
First edition, second issue of Religio Laici, or A Laymans Faith by John Dryden, published in 1682.
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..