[Dryden, John] The Vindication; Or, the Parallel of the French Holy-League and the English League and Covenant, Turn'd into a Seditious Libell against the King and his royal Highness

London: Jacob Tonson, 1683.

First Edition. Bound in attractive three-quarter red-brown crushed morocco, light gray paper-covered boards. 60pp, first blank lacking as often seen. This is Dryden's reply to Hunt and Shadwell's "reflections" on the political overtones of his (Dryden's) "Duke of Guise." A nicely preserved copy with small tears in margin of last leaf.

Price: $500.00   Item #6218