Autograph revisions and additions by William Henry Burr to Bacon and Shakspere [manuscript], 1885-1898.

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Autograph revisions and additions by William Henry Burr to Bacon and Shakspere [manuscript], 1885-1898.

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Four different versions of Burr's title, in various states of revision. Burr has cut and pasted proofs and/or published versions of the work on blank leaves and added revisions and additions in manuscript. S.a.122 includes a manuscript title page with the date 1885; S.a.119 includes the note "Completed May 1898."

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