![]() ![]() The list, is accompanied by the intriguing comment ' Leass for The name of William Shakespeare, which heads ForĮxample, 'know' is written in by the name of Robert Benfield, 'byĮyewittnesse' by that of John Lowine, and 'by report' underneath The annotator knew or at least had seen some of the actors. The principal actors, for instance, would seem to suggest that To Glasgow University by William Euing along with the rest of his library when he died in Price of the book is not stated, it is described as being in remarkablyįine condition generally for a 'low priced book'. Of the First Folio, of which this is his 'second best' although the This letter, Halliwell-Phillipps states that he had three copies The book to William Euing the following year, and the letter whichĪccompanied it to Glasgow is still attached to the front flyleaf. ![]() Shakespeare, who purchased the book from Haes through MrĪdlard of Bartholomew Close on 22 August 1855. Halliwell-Phillipps), the bibliophile and prolific writer on After this, we know that the book belonged toĪ John Haes of Stockwell thanks to a note left by J. The name 'Inchiquin' is also inscribed across Thomond) of Taplow Court, Buckinghamshire (1726-1808) who apparentlyĪcquired the book c.1780. The volume still bears theĪrmorial bookplate of the fifth Earl of Inchiquin (afterwards Marquis of Of the aristocracy by the eighteenth century. Item, and it is in fact said that the English aristocracy owned most of Originally priced at £1, this book was something of a luxury In stock specifically to plunder for replacement pages for otherwiseĪlthough we do not know who owned our First Folio in the seventeenthĬentury, we can generalise about the sort of person who might have first Many book dealers - mostįamously, Thomas Roda- deliberately kept imperfect copies Making up entireĬopies of the Folio from several different incomplete copies in this wayĬommon practice in the eighteenth century. Have not, for example, been supplied from later editions. Printing peculiarities of this edition, however, confirms that all the pages do seem to be from First Folios and Least two if not several copies of the First Folio. Suggests that this is a 'made up' copy, utilizing pages from at Examining the varying sizesĪnd differing quality of paper used in the main body of text also Leaves are indeed supplied from facsimiles. The famous Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare, shown here) and final Its preliminary (including the title-page with II B, being 'in fair condition, but with leaves missing, or supplied from Heminge and Condell had in fact been members of Shakespeare's theatreĬompany: they presumably had access to playscripts and possibly workedįrom some original manuscripts in producing their edition.Īccording to a census of surviving First Folios, Glasgow's copy The true originall copies' is undoubtedly a puffed up marketing device, The plays wereĬollected together by the actor editors John Heminge and Henry Condell.Īlthough the title-page boast of the plays being printed 'according to Pericles, however, was excluded from thisĮdition, and first appeared in the third folio of 1664. The first time, thus saving such works as The Tempest and Macbethįrom probable extinction. This collection contains 36 plays, 18 of which were here published for His lifetime, and some of these were in corrupt or pirated editions. Only 18 of Shakespeare's plays appeared in print during ![]() Shakespeare, published in 1623 some seven years after Shakespeare's death. Of the First Folio edition of the collected plays of William The July book of the month is Glasgow University's copy Although it’s not named here, the text for Troilus and Cressida appears in the First Folio after Henry VIII and before Coriolanus.Please note that these pages are from our old (pre-2010) website the presentation of these pages may now appear outdated and may not always comply with current accessibility guidelines. That’s because the publishers obtained the rights to Troilus and Cressida very late in the process-too late to include it on this page, which was already printed by then. You may notice there are only 35 plays listed, even though there are 36 plays in the First Folio. The Tempest leads off the comedies, even though Shakespeare wrote it late in his career, while Coriolanus heads the tragedies. They also made sure to place a “new” play (one that wasn’t already available in print in a quarto) at the start of both the comedies and the tragedies. Most of the history plays that were previously printed were already named for kings, but not all of them. They named the history plays according to the kings who reigned during the events in the plays and put the plays in the order of the kings’ reigns. Heminge and Condell grouped Shakespeare’s plays in the First Folio into three categories for the first time: the comedies, the histories, and the tragedies. ![]()
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