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 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.
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