Donnelly The Cipher in The Plays

Ignatius Donnelly: The Great Cryptogram : Francis Bacon's Cipher In The So-Called Shakespeare Plays, Chicago, IL R. S. Peale 1888
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998 pages. Brown leather spine and corners show chipping at top with separation from gathers 2 inches down at front hinge; very mild chipping at bottom, medium to light wear to corners; title page torn at bottom near hinge 1 1/2" (all present and still firmly attached); darker brown cloth (leather?) almost unworn, gold-colored medallion picture of Bacon lightly rubbed. A thoroughly extensive investigation striving to prove that Francis Bacon wrote the Shakespeare plays is divided into two parts: the Arguement, itself in 3 parts, the first showing that Shakespeare did not write the plays, the second that Bacon was the real author, and the third showing parallels; Part 2 is titled The Demonstration, and also in 3 parts, The Cipher in the Plays; The Cipher Narrative, and Conclusions. First American Edition No Jacket Quarter Leather 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

[SW: Noisbn; Literary Criticism; Shakespeare Plays, Authorship; Francis Bacon, Playwright, Shakespeare Plays; Plays]

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Donnelly, Ignatius. THE GREAT CRYPTOGRAM; FRANCIS BACON'S CIPHER IN THE SO-CALLED SHAKESPEARE PLAYS. Chicago: R. S. Peale, 1888.

First Edition Bound in publisher's original full brown cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Frontispiece is an engraved portrait of Bacon. Very minor wear at corners and head and heel of spine, foxing to frontispiece, otherwise a tight clean copy in very good condition.

[SW: bacon Literature]

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Donnelly, Ignatius: The Cipher in the plays and on the Tombstone, Minneapolis Verulam Publishing 1899
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First edition, blue cloth hardcover. Front hinge is almost completely detached, general shelfwear and age toning of pages.... but what fascinating content! The author devles into codes and ciphers in the works of Shakespeare, on Shakespeare's tombstone and more. Possibly signed by the author in a tipped in dedication. First Edition Hard Cover

[SW: Shakespeare Conspiracy Theories Codes Francis Bacon]

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DONNELLY, IGNATIUS: The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in the So-Called Shakespeare Plays, r.s.peale & co, london, 1888

998pp, ills (b/w), G+ (brown decorative cloth, ex library with usual stamps, bumps and wear to extrems, scuffing, presentation plate to front paste down, foxing to prelims, prelims barely attached at upper gutter, fold out complete but torn in half, binding shaky and cocked.)

[SW: ignatius donnelly shakespeare literature history]

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