1682 Religio Laici, or, A Laymans Faith. A Poem.

Description

First Edition, Rebound

The first edition, second issue, with the second line of the imprint ending "in". This second issue is more common to see than the first issue, of which only two examples were known to the bibliographer Macdonald.

John Dryden wrote 'Religio Laici' as a response the Father Richard Simon's 'Histoire Critique due Vieux Testament'. In this text Dryden set out to address the issues in Simon's book, such as his tendency to undermine Protestantism, and other religious issues of the day, such as Deism. Five years after Dryden published this poem however, he converted to Roman Catholicism. 

Written in heroic couplets by Dryden during his tenure as Poet Laureate. 

Register runs as: [1], a3, b2, C2, B-C4, D6. Collated, complete.