"NOUVEAU DIALOGUE des Morts, ou Entretiens aux Champs Elisez entre Messire Fr. de Fénelon, Arch-duc (sic) de Cambray, et Mre T.B. Bossuet, évêque de Meaux. L'on y fait intervenir Madame Guyon [the Quietist authoress, befriended by Fénelon, but condemned by Bossuet, ob. 1717], femme d'une rare pi...
"DIALECTICA UNIVERSA: tradita a Reverendo D. Domino Vigore de Briois, Religioso Monasterii Sti Vedasti Ordinis Sti Benedicti, Artium Doctore ac Dialecticæ Professore, recepta vero a Richardo Moore, Anglo, 1732"; notes of lectures on Dialectic by Dr. Vigor de Briois, Professor of Dialectic at Dou...
"IDÆÆ ORATIONUM desumptæ ex disquisitionum politicarum materiis": outlines of speeches and addresses suitable for various occasions in political affairs. Latin. There are 90 in all, the subjects of some being stated in general terms, e.g. "Idæa orationis qua nova vectigalia necessitatis Reipubli...
"ORIGINAL MEMOIRS of Apparitions and Spirits in Wales": a collection of stories of apparitions of spirits and fairies in various places in Wales, especially in and near the parish of Blaenau Gwent [Aberustryth, al. Aberystwith, co. Monmouth], to which the narrator, who relates several supernatur...
ESSAY on the dignity of Trade, showing the high opinion in which it has been held in all ages, and that it is as honourable a pursuit, and as likely to lead to advancement, as any of the learned professions. There are two versions of the essay, in different hands, one having been crossed through...
SPECIMENS of the signatures and handwriting produced (according to the title-page) "by me William Henry Ireland during my fabrication of the manuscripts which I wrote and attributed to Shakespeare," with Ireland's explanatory notes. Paper; ff. 9. XVIIIth-XIXth cent. Quarto. William Henry Irelan...
SPECIMENS of the signatures and handwriting produced (according to the title-page) "by me William Henry Ireland during my fabrication of the manuscripts which I wrote and attributed to Shakespeare," with Ireland's explanatory notes. Paper; ff. 9. XVIIIth-XIXth cent. Quarto. Accompanying this volume are sixteen printed tracts, containing Ireland's forged signatures and marginal notes of Shakespeare, most of them having on the titlepage the inscription "S[amuel] Ireland from his dear Son." The...
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William Shakespeare: Signatures and marginal notes forged by W. H. Ireland: 18th-19th centt.
Vol. I. (ff. 41). "A SUPPLICATION of the Family of Love," etc., Cambridge, 1606, 4to. With book-plate of J[ohn] Brand, M.A., F.S.A., Linc. Coll. Oxon. (ob. 1806). Reverend John Brand, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries: Bookplates: circ. 1800. Bookplates: Brand (John), F.S.A.: circ. 1800....
Vol. II. (ff. 19). "THE CATHOLIKES SUPPLICATION unto the Kings maiestie," etc., by Gabriel Powell, London, 1603, 4to. William Henry Ireland: Printed tracts (1570-1613) containing his forged signatures and marginal notes of Shakespeare.
Vol. III. was missing when the Stowe MSS. came to the Museum. Restored to the Trustees, 8th Nov. 1902. William Henry Ireland: Printed tracts (1570-1613) containing his forged signatures and marginal notes of Shakespeare.