- New York : R.R. Bowker Co. 1974
- thick 8vo.
- cloth.
- xxv,1182; (viii),1192-2545 pages.
- Order Nr. 13961
- Price: $ 20.00

Second edition preceded by the Large Paper printing of 1795 which was limited to only 368 copies. Ireland revealed his sensational group of original Shakespeare manuscripts for the first time in this book. It was later proved that he had forger all this material and had deceived many of the well known scholars of his day. Covers rubbed. Light foxing. Pagination error, pp. 153-4 misnumbered 155-6, in the King Lear text omitted but text complete.