Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakespeare; including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original mss. in the possession of Samuel Ireland, of Norfolk street.

Item

Title
Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakespeare; including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original mss. in the possession of Samuel Ireland, of Norfolk street.
Description
ESTC T125752. Western copy listed. Documents forged by Samuel William Henry Ireland, edited by his father Samuel Ireland.
Copy bound with An investigation of Mr. Malone's claim to the character of scholar: by Samuel Ireland, London: 1797. and Mr. Ireland's Vindication, 1796. Bound in polished calf. Contains circular armorial bookplate that reads "Johannes Whiteford MAckenzie armegeri". Barnett has England 1903 in pencil
Creator
Ireland, William Henry; Ireland, Samuel
Publisher
Printed by Cooper and Graham, published by Mr. Egerton
Date
1796
Spatial Coverage
London
Provenance
Yes
Identifier
Matches #24, 104 in Accession Book, p.29.
PR2950.I54