Booth, William Stone.

Some Acrostic Signatures of Francis Bacon.

1909. 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. Item #123059

Price: $50.00