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Six works in seven volumes. All cloth-bound. 

The Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship holds that Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher, essayist and scientist, wrote the plays which were publicly attributed to William Shakespeare. Various explanations are offered for this alleged subterfuge, most commonly that Bacon's rise to high office might have been hindered were it to become known that he wrote plays for the public stage. Thus the plays were credited to Shakespeare, who was merely a front to shield the identity of Bacon.

Comprising:

• Bacon, Shakespeare and the Rosicrucians by W.F.C. Wigston. George Redway, New York, 1888.
• The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in the So-called Shakespeare Plays by Ignatius Donnelly. Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1888. 2 volumes. (Spines perished, hinges cracked, toning and foxing; fair).
• Francis Bacon: Poet, Prophet, Philosopher Versus Phantom Captain Shakespeare the Rosicrucian Mask by W.F.G. Wigston. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1891. (Front joint starting, moderate wear).
• Baconiana edited by A Sub-Committee of the Bacon Society. Robert Banks & Sons, London, 1893.
• The Shakespeare Secret by Edwin Bormann. Th. Wohlleben, London, 1895. (Spine perished, boards nearly detached, front free endpaper with half-title detachted; fair).
• Shakespeare Studies in Baconian Light by Robert M. Theobald. Gay & Bird, London, 1905. (Front hinge starting).
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