GREAT CRYPTOGRAM: FRANCIS BACON'S CIPHER IN THE SO-CALLED SHAKESPEARE
by DONNELLY, Ignatius
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About This Item
1888. DONNELLY, Ignatius. THE GREAT CRYPTOGRAM: FRANCIS BACON'S CIPHER IN THE SO-CALLED SHAKESPEARE PLAYS. Chicago: R. S. Peale & Company, 1888. 998 pp. + 4 pp. excerpt from the author's "Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel." 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt and dark brown. Fair to good condition; moderate shelfwear, soine and corners worn, front joint splitting. Binding detached from bookblock. Frontispiece engraving of Bacon fine, with tissue guard intact. Folding plate facing p. 566 has a large closed tear with no loss and some old tape repair to reverse. With diagrams in the text. Francis Bacon as the author of Shakespeare's plays.
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84053
- Title
- GREAT CRYPTOGRAM: FRANCIS BACON'S CIPHER IN THE SO-CALLED SHAKESPEARE
- Author
- DONNELLY, Ignatius
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1888
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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- Cloth
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- Shelfwear
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- Plate
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- Gilt
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- Fair
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...