Chalmeriana
by Owen, Junior (pseud.) [Hardinge, George]
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Full title: Chalmeriana: or a collection of papers literary and political, entitled, Letters, Verses, &c. occasioned by reading a late heavy supplemental apology for the believers in the Shakespeare papers by George Chalmers, F. R. S. S. A. Arranged and published By Mr. Owen Junior, of Paper Buldings, Inner Temple; assisted by his friend and clerk, Mr. Jasper Hargrave. Reprinted from the Morning Chronicle, in which they first appeared. Collection the first. 8vo. ff. [2] (blank), pp. viii, 94 pages, ff. [2] (blank). Half morocco. Marbled boards with gilt filet, gilded spine on 5 bars bordered in black. Marbled patedowns. Stamps "BSG," "A.J.Cox" numbered "1724." On last blank, pasted label of George Harding, marked “87.2 C35h.” Pp. 37-40 trimmed and annotated. Apparently (at least in part) a proof copy. A further defense of the Shakespeare forgeries, following the exposure by Edmond Malone. See also ESTC, T63540. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.