A Discoverie of the most secret and subtile practises of the Jesuites. Translated out of French
John Camilton
A Discoverie of the most secret and subtile practises of the Jesuites. Translated out of French
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">4to. pp. <span style="color:#212529;background:#FFFFFF;">[10] (blank), [22], [12] (blank)</span>. Signatures: A-C<sup>4</sup>, without C3–4, both evidently blanks. Later green straight-grain morocco for Samuel Ireland (his distinctive ‘green livery’); gilt boards and spine, fabric case and box. Later bookplate of John Broadley. Stamps: Henry Cunlisse, John Bradley, Stuart B. Schimmel; William’s library Cheltenham. Repair, tear. Late pencil notes on blanks.</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">With forgeries by William Henry Ireland of Shakespeare’s signature on the title page, and notes ostensibly by Shakespeare on seven other pages. No. 21 in Samuel Ireland’s list of ‘Shakespeare’s Library’; lot 534 in the Samuel Ireland sale of 1801; lot 49 in the Stuart B. Schimmel sale, Bonhams, 23 May 2012. See W. A. Jackson, F. S. Ferguson, & K. F. Pantzer (eds.), Short-title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475–1640. 3 vols. London, 1976–91 (2</span><sup style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">nd</sup><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"> ed.), 14528.</span></p><p></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></p> <span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4200972" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="color:#4B64FF;background:#FFFFFF;">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</span></a></span>
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