[DRYDEN, John.]
The Medall. A Satyre against Sedition. By the Authour of Absalom and Achitophel … London, Printed for Jacob Tonson … 1682.
4to, pp. [xii], 20; minute wormhole to upper inner margin, very slight toning, else a fine copy; bound in modern half maroon morocco with cloth sides, spine lettered directly in gilt.
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The Medall. A Satyre against Sedition. By the Authour of Absalom and Achitophel …
First edition, second issue, adding two Latin lines at the end. The subject of Dryden’s satire was the medal struck to celebrate Shaftesbury’s acquittal from charges of high treason. According to Spence, Charles II gave Dryden ‘the hint for writing his poem’, and rewarded him for it. In reply, Shadwell wrote The Medall of John Bays, which Dryden answered with MacFlecknoe.
Macdonald 13a ii; Pforzheimer 331; Wing D 2311 (not distinguishing the issues with and without the Latin lines).