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In order that each First Folio has a unique indentifier within the site, we have used the Shakespeare Census site's numbering system. As well as providing the digital images, each institution kindly shared any existing metadata connected to the document, which we have amalgamated to maximise the efficacy of the search and filtering functions in the site. The site brings together digitised copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio, sourced from a wide range of institutions around the world, who kindly agreed to contribute their digital version to this project. ' First Folios Compared is an Open Access website created and hosted by AM. For the first time in history, you will be able to compare them, side by side, from the comfort of your own home.' William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies (otherwise known as the First Folio), this website brings together dozens of digitised copies of this literary masterpiece. We hope to see you there.To mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of Mr.

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and bound in blue, The Merry Wives of Windsor with illustrations by Hugh Thomson, 1910.īelow are details of the Shakespeare 450 celebrations taking place at Leeds Central Library, all events are free and no booking is required. The illustration shows us that the rere-mice referred to are actually bats.Īlso on display we have bound in green, The Tempest with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, 1908, bound in red, Romeo and Juliet with illustrations by W. Later on in act II, Scene II, Rackman illustrates fairy queen Titania’s command to her fairies to ‘war with some rere-mice with their leathern wings, to make my small elves coats”. At the top of the image you can see the Leeds Public Libraries embossed stamp. First we have Puck, a mischievous character described by Shakespeare as a ‘shrewd and knavish sprite” (act II, scene I). Our second item is A Midsummer Night’s Dream, printed in 1908 it is famous for the Arthur Rackham illustrations throughout.

Leeds Central Library holds the first four folios, 1623, 1632, 16. November marks 400 years since William Shakespeares First Folio was published - without which much of his work would have been lost. It is considered one of the most influential books ever published. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is a collection of plays by William Shakespeare, commonly referred to by modern scholars as the First Folio, a published in 1623, about seven years after Shakespeare's death. When the First Folio’s originally went on sale in 1623 they cost £1. Title page of the first impression (1623). It was Heminge and Condell who divided the plays into the comedies, histories and tragedies categories that we are now so familiar with. Seven years after Shakespeare’s death two of his closest friends, the actors John Heminge and Henry Condell choose to publish 36 of his plays with the aim of bringing his true works to life to counteract the number of fraudulent copies in existence. Blount the opposing page holds a message To the Reader written by Shakespeare’s contemporary, writer Ben Jonson praising the likeness achieved by engraver Martin Droeshout. Printed in 1623 by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed.

The title page shows it was published in London according to The True Original Copies. The first item is a First Folio of Mr William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. If you find something else on our catalogue that you’d like to see please ask as we are happy to retrieve items from the stacks for you to view.

The books shown below can be found in our reference collection and are available to view in the Local and Family History Library on the second floor of Leeds Central Library. With hundreds of copies of the Bard’s work in stock we wanted to show off some of our heritage Shakespeare stock not usually seen by the public. April 23rd 2014 marks the 450th year of Shakespeare’s birth and here at Leeds Central Library we intend to do the anniversary justice with a celebration or two.

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