The confessions of William-Henry Ireland containing the particulars of his fabrication of the Shakspeare Manuscripts; Together with anecdotes and opinions of many distinguished persons [...]
Publisher: James W. Bouton
Published: 1874
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
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Full title:</b> The confessions of William-Henry Ireland containing the particulars of his fabrication of the Shakspeare Manuscripts; Together with anecdotes and opinions of many distinguished persons in the Literary, Political, and Theatrical World. A New Edition with an introduction by Richard Grant White and additional facsimiles. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 12mo. pp. xxxi, [5], 317, [17]. Signatures: [a]8 b8 A3 B-P12. Blue glazed cloth; large and thick paper copy, uncut and mostly unopened. Contains facsimiles (some folded), including frontispiece. The introduction gives an account of the supposed forgeries of Peter Cunningham.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">New edition of the Confessions of the Shakespeare forger William Henry Ireland. See Bib# 4103228/Fr# 503 for the first edition of 1805.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4656287" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>