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The Shakespeare-Bacon controversy : a report of the trial of an issue in Westminster hall, June 20, 1627 / Read in the Inner Temple hall, Thursday, May the 29th, 1902, and prepared for publication by William Willis.

Willis, William, 1835-1911, author.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
1902
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Title
The Shakespeare-Bacon controversy : a report of the trial of an issue in Westminster hall, June 20, 1627 / Read in the Inner Temple hall, Thursday, May the 29th, 1902, and prepared for publication by William Willis.
Created/published
London : S. Low, Marston and co., ltd., 1902.
Description
xiii p., 1 leaf, 88 p., 1 leaf, lxxxii (i.e. 73) numb. leaves ; 25 x 20 cm
Associated name
Willis, William, 1835-1911, author.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
A fictitious trial regarding the authorship of the plays.

Appendix (73 l.) consists of reproductions of original title-pages of the quartos, the first folio, and passages bearing on Shakespeare published before 1630.

A supplement appeared in 1903 under title: The Baconian mint ...
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR2939 .W56
Folger-specific note
W. T. Smedley copy.

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