[Printed pamphlet.] Shakespeare’s Handwriting / Facsimiles of the Five Authentic Autograph Sigatures of the Poet / Extracted from Sidney Lee’s ‘Life of William Shakespeare’. With cutting from 'The Academy' regarding the play 'Sir Thomas More'.

Now scarce. Among the six copies listed on JISC, only three (BL, Cambridge, NLW) are in the deposit libraries. Unpaginated 12mo pamphlet, w Iith page of contents, four pages of ‘Explanatory Note’ and three pages of facsimiles, on six leaves of shiny art paper, stitched into grey printed wraps with title on cover and two pages of advertisements at rear. In fair condition, lightly aged, in grubby wraps with tiny nick lost from bottom corner of front wrap. Loosely inserted is a large cutting from 'The Academy' magazine, 1899, on good paper, with facsimile captioned 'A conjectural specimen of Shakespeare's handwriting', regarding 'Mr. A. Hall, of Highbury' and the 'lengthy specimen of handwriting which he submits may be Shakespeare's. It is from the play Sir Thomas More, which Mr. Dyce edited in 1844 from the original MS.'