An inquiry into the authenticity of certain miscellaneous papers and legal instruments, published Dec. 24, MDCCXCV. And attributed to Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth, and Henry, Earl of Southampton

Edmond Malone

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An inquiry into the authenticity of certain miscellaneous papers and legal instruments, published Dec. 24, MDCCXCV. And attributed to Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth, and Henry, Earl of Southampton

1796

<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;"><b>Full title:</b> An inquiry into the authenticity of certain miscellaneous papers and legal instruments, published Dec. 24, MDCCXCV. And attributed to Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth, and Henry, Earl of Southampton: illustrated by fac-similes of the genuine hand-writing of that nobleman, and of Her Majesty; a new fac-simile of the hand-writing of Shakspeare, never before exhibited; and other authentick documents: in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. James, Earl of Charlemont, By Edmond Malone, Esq. </span></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;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">4to. ff. [2] (blank), pp. vii, [1], 424, [4], ff. III (folded plates), [2] (blank). Signatures: [A]⁴ B-3H⁴ 3I². Mottled calf, gilt. Includes facsimiles and bookplates of Frances Mary Richardson Currer and her heir Mathew Wilson. P. 243, line 10 reads "originals;" variant reads "original." See errata on p. vii. P. 278 line 13 reads "choosing;" variant reads "liking." See errata on p. 424. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">This work by Edmond Malone criticizing William Henry Ireland’s Shakespeare material is considered to be a scholarly classic for its masterful application of linguistic, literary, and historical analysis to a set of all too vulnerable texts, with irrefutable results – even without the invigilator’s having physically handled the originals. See also ESTC, T37242.</span><br /></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;"><br /></span></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 style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991032673719707861" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>

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