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William Henry Ireland

English forger of Shakespearean documents and plays (1775 or 1777-1835)

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    England's topographer, or a new and complete history of the county of Kent; from the earliest records to the present time, including every modern improvement. Embellished with a series of views from original drawings by Geo. Shepherd, H. Gastineau, &c. with historical, topographical, critical, & biographical delineations / By W. H. Ireland.

    William Henry Ireland | Date: 1828-1830
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    Scribbleomania; or, the printer's devil's Polychronicon. A sublime poem / Edited by Anser Pen-drag-on, Esq. [pseud.] [i.e. S.W.H. Ireland].

    William Henry Ireland | Date: 1815

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Forgeries
Literary forgeries and mystifications - Early works to 1800

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