The Shakespearian productions, 1805.

Collection of autograph manuscript forgeries of William Shakespeare documents by William Henry Ireland. Contents include forgeries of Shakespeare signatures, receipts, promissory notes, letters, and poetry, as well as the forged signatures of contemporaries of Shakespeare, including Queen Elizabeth and John Heminges. Also included are samples of the writing of Ireland's parents and several printed items and illustrations. All manuscript items are mounted in album pages containing identification and commentary by William Henry Ireland. The volume opens with a preface by Joseph Haslewood discussing the history of the Ireland forgeries and of this collection of exemplars.