Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies ... : and unto this impression is added seven playes never before printed in folio ... 1664
34.9 x 23.2 x 5.6 cm (book measurement (conservation)) | RCIN 1047468
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies . . . : and unto this impression is added seven playes never before printed in folio . . 1664
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies . . . : and unto this impression is added seven playes never before printed in folio . . 1664
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies : published according to the true original copies . . . : and unto this impression is added seven playes never before printed in folio . . 1664
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A Third Folio of Shakespeare’s complete works, first printed in 1663. This is a copy of the second issue of 1664, which included seven new plays not contained in its predecessors. Only one of these, 'Pericles', is today accepted into Shakespeare's canon.
Whereas the acquisition of the First Folio by George IV might be considered trophy collecting, and the Second by George III as the act of a scholar and bibliophile, the purchase of the Third Folio was part of a concentrated campaign by William IV to complete gaps in the Royal Library. The collection had been seriously depleted in its scope and magnificence when George IV gave George III’s King’s Library to the nation.
Provenance
Acquired for the Royal Library during the reign of William IV at Wilkinson's sale, July 1836, Lot 304.
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Measurements
34.9 x 23.2 x 5.6 cm (book measurement (conservation))
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Alternative title(s)
Third Folio
