Typescript of Subtle shining secrecies [manuscript], ca. 1925.

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Typescript of Subtle shining secrecies [manuscript], ca. 1925.

Typescript of Booth's work on the Baconian authorship theory, with manuscript annotations and corrections. Index in particular contains many autograph additions (pasted in). Illustrated with photographic facsimiles of various early editions of Shakespeare.

260 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603421

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Booth, William Stone, 1864-1926

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Johnson, Theodore, 1891-1956

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x000095 American soldier with the 42nd Infantry Division. Johnson participated in the liberation of Dachau. From the description of Papers, [ca.1945] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155453831 ...

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 1561-1626, English philosopher, statesman and essayist best known for theories on scientific experimentation; knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; Lord Chancellor, 1618; died 1626. From the guide to the A Coppy of a letter Conceived to bee writt to the late Duke of Buckingham..., c1650-1700, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...