Some Acrostic Signatures of Francis Bacon.
by Booth, William Stone
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1909. 4to, 631 pp. Original red ribbed cloth, titled in gilt. Head and foot of backstrip a little worn, extremities rubbed, hinges slightly cracked but sound, internally clean. Very good. § An in-depth study of acrostics located in printed works of the sixteenth century, intended to prove that Francis Bacon was the real author of the plays attributed to Shakespeare.
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- Bookseller
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123059
- Title
- Some Acrostic Signatures of Francis Bacon.
- Author
- Booth, William Stone
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
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- Cracked
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- Gilt
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