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Comparison of the 'To be, or not to be' soliloquy in the first three editions of Hamlet, showing the varying quality of the text in the Bad Quarto (Q1), the Good Quarto (Q2) and the First Folio The earliest texts of William Shakespeare's works were published during the 16th and 17th centuries in quarto or folio format. Folios are large, tall volumes; quartos are smaller, roughly half the size.
Second Folio. small (250x250 max) medium (500x500 max) large ( > 500x500) This Item; All ; Second Folio Folio2_0009. Previous. Next. of 920. Search this record. Object Description. Title: Second Folio: Description: Second Folio from the Lord Leigh set. Includes bookplates of Lord Leigh and Frederick S. Peck.
Provost Thackeray, from whose library the First, Second and Fourth Folios described above came, also owned other Shakespeare material publisehd in the nineteenth century. The first, a reprint or first facsimile copy of the First Folio dating from 1807, indicates the level of interest in the publication at that time.
The second Impression. Edited by John Heminge (d. 1630) and Henry Condell (d. 1627). London: Printed by Thomas Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632.Shakespeare's Second Folio, first issue, containing John Milton's first appearance in print—a fine copy in red morocco. Shakespeare’s collected works are considered the most important and influential ...
Three other editions followed in 1632, 1663/64 and 1685, known as the Second, Third and Fourth Folios. The Royal Library contains copies of the Second and Third Folios. Charles I read the copy of the Second Folio while imprisoned at Windsor Castle during the English Civil Wars, in the days before he was put on trial and executed in 1649.
The Second Folio is the term applied to the 1632 edition of the works of William Shakespeare, following upon the First Folio of 1623.Much language was updated; there are almost 1,700 changes from the First Folio. History []. The major partners in the First Folio had passed from the publishing scene by the time of the Second Folio: William Jaggard had died in 1623, and his son Isaac in 1627.
30 de ago. de 2019 · David Garrick expert Nicholas D. Smith has uncovered new evidence to suggest that Somerville’s Second Folio was once in the famous actor’s possession. He takes us through the evidence and what this changes about our approach to the book. David Garrick was one of the most famous actors of the 18th century Who was David
