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An inquiry into the history, authenticity, & characteristics of the Shakspeare portraits, in which the criticisms of Malone, Steevens, Boaden, & others, are examined, confirmed, or refuted. Embracing the Felton, the Chandos, the Duke of Somerset's pictures, the Droeshout print, and the monument of Shakspeare, at Stratford; together with an exposé of the spurious pictures and prints. By Abraham Wivell ...

Accession number
PML 7661.1
Creator
Wivell, Abraham, 1786-1849.
Published
London : The author, 1827.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
Plates are mounted India proofs.
500 copies printed; 50 with plates on India paper; 25, folio.
Description
3 preliminary leaves, [iii]-vi, [7]-254 pages, 1 leaf : frontispiece, portraits, facsimile ; 24 cm
Provenance
Theodore Irwin, purchased from D. Appleton, May 1860; Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Binding
Dark green morocco.
Classification
Department