The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue
This catalogue of the Shakespeare First Folio (1623) is the result of two decades of research during which 232 surviving copies of this immeasurably important book were located a remarkable 72 more than were recorded in the previous census over a century ago and examined in situ, creating an essential reference work.
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The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue
This catalogue of the Shakespeare First Folio (1623) is the result of two decades of research during which 232 surviving copies of this immeasurably important book were located a remarkable 72 more than were recorded in the previous census over a century ago and examined in situ, creating an essential reference work.
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The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue

The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue

The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue

The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue

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This catalogue of the Shakespeare First Folio (1623) is the result of two decades of research during which 232 surviving copies of this immeasurably important book were located a remarkable 72 more than were recorded in the previous census over a century ago and examined in situ, creating an essential reference work.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780230517653
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 11/23/2011
Edition description: 2012
Pages: 935
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.09(d)

About the Author

ERIC RASMUSSEN is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, USA, and the Textual Editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He is co-editor of the Norton Anthology of English Renaissance Drama and has edited volumes in both the Arden Shakespeare and Oxford World's Classics series. He is the General Textual Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions project - one of the most visited Shakespeare websites in the world. For over nine years he has written the annual review of editions and textual studies for the Shakespeare Survey.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: THE VALUE OF A SHAKESPEARE FIRST FOLIO Users' Guide Abbreviations INDIVIDUAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL KNOWN COPIES OF THE FIRST FOLIO Manuscripts and Cited Works Index
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