First edition. (NCBEL III, 386; Lowndes p. 1164). With the two published plates present. Bound into this copy is an extra plate showing a portrait of Ireland at age 21. 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. Covers rubbed. 19th-century private library booklabel on front pastedown.

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