Shakespeare's First Folio Journal: Published According to the True Original Copies - Hardcover

Shakespeare, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851246045 ISBN 13: 9781851246045

Publisher: Bodleian Library, 2022

Synopsis

The First Folio – the celebrated collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays – was published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death. It was compiled by John Heminge and Henry Condell, both actors in Shakespeare’s company, the King’s Men, and originally titled Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Many of the plays – including Macbeth, The Tempest and Twelfth Night – do not survive in any earlier printed versions. To mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio, this high-quality journal reproduces the title pages of a selection of plays, together with the famous frontispiece featuring Shakespeare’s portrait, an engraving by Martin Droeshout.

Produced in hardback with ruled pages, foiled spine, gilt page edges and ribbon marker, this is an inspirational gift for Shakespeare fans and budding writers alike.

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The Bodleian Library produces beautiful and authoritative books which help to bring the riches of Oxford's libraries to readers around the world. They publish on a very wide range of subjects, including catalogues and other titles related to their exhibitions, illustrated and non-illustrated thematic works and facsimiles, gift books, and children's books and stationery.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bodleian Library
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851246045
• ISBN 13: 9781851246045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160