Actually a facsimile of the first edition that was done in the 1870s. (NCBEL III, 386; Lowndes p.1164). With two plates. Ireland's official confession of his forgeries of Shakespeare originally issued in 1796 as MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS. The ensuing pamphlets written by and about these papers up to 1805 created a stir in English literary circles finally culminating in this confession.