BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BACON-SHAKESPEARE CONTROVERSY

by William Shakespeare, W. H Wyman

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First edition

Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, 1884. First edition of the first attempt at a comprehensive accounting of publications on the Baconian theory of Shakespearean authorship. Fine. Item #55190 The Baconian theory was not first proposed until the 19th century, beginning with Delia Bacon no relation and William Henry Smith in 1856. This annotated bibliography collects all the then-known mentions of the Baconian theory and

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