DONNELLY, Ignatius

THE GREAT CRYPTOGRAM:; Francis Bacon's cipher in the so-called Shakespeare plays

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888. First Edition. Two vols. Large 8vo, pp. 998. Illustrated. Red cloth stamped in black and gilt. Covers bumped at corners, spines worn, o/w VG. Item #24446

A lawyer and politician, Donnelly (1831-1901) was a leader of liberal third party movements in Minnesota where he edited the weekly Anti-Monopolist and was the populist candidate for President when he died. The present work is one of a great number of books attempting to show that Sir Francis Bacon actually wrote the Shakespeare plays.

Price: $175.00