The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition.

by the Authour of Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden

$500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First Edition, Second Issue, with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii ; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Later vellum. Wing D 2311; Macdonald 13 aii; ESTC R17608. Item #352286 Dryden's satirical poem directed, as was his Absalom and Achitophel, against the Earl of Shaftesbury, who had recently been exonerated of a charge of high treason; his Whig followers had had a medal cast to commemorate the event.

• Binding: Leather

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