The spine features elaborate gilt with raised bands. Its cover is late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century maroon Moroccan leather made of goat skin. The UCI Libraries’ First Folio includes gilt paneled sides, gilt inner dentelles, and marbled end papers. Prior to that, Heritage Book Shop is believed to have acquired it from the bookdealer John Fleming (c. Patrick Hanratty purchased the First Folio from Heritage Book Shop, Los Angeles, in 1983 or 1984 and then donated it to UCI Libraries Special Collections and Archives in December 1986. There are also marks and smudges most likely left by food and greasy fingers as readers paged through the book. The book has a wine stain as well as an impression and rust mark made by a pair of scissors left in the book for an extended period. Only two pages in UCI Libraries’ First Folio are not original: the title page and the “To the Reader” dedication written by Ben Jonson. What makes UCI Libraries' First Folio unique?Įach First Folio volume is unique due to its particular printing errors, ownership (or provenance), and the wear and tear it has accumulated over the last 400 years.ĭetailed information about UCI Libraries’ First Folio can found in The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue by Eric Rasmussen and Anthony James West. The book had been owned by a private US college since the 1960s A copy of William Shakespeares First Folio has been sold for a record 9.98m (£7.6m) at auction in New York. You can learn more from Patrick Hanratty himself: Hanratty was a computer scientist and inventor and is known as the father of CAD/CAM (computer-aided design and manufacturing). UCI Libraries’ First Folio was donated by Patrick Hanratty (PhD ’76) in 1986. How did UCI acquire a copy of Shakespeare's First Folio? However, another copy of the First Folio sold for nearly $10 million in 2020, making it the most expensive piece of literature ever auctioned. If all the copies of the First Folio had been lost, 18 of Shakespeare’s most popular plays would be unknown to audiences today, including Macbeth, The Tempest, Taming of the Shrew, and Two Gentlemen of Verona.Īlthough it had a print run of around 750 copies, only 235 copies (that we know of) survive today. The exact value of the UCI Libraries' copy is unknown. Published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death, it includes several of his plays that had never been published before. Shakespeares First Folio, published in 1623, is one of the worlds most studied books, prompting speculation about everything from proof-reading practices in the early modern publishing industry. Of the approximately 1,200 copies printed, only about 250 remain today.The First Folio was the first compilation of Shakespeare’s plays. Because it is the first compilation of Shakespeare's plays and is printed in the folio format, this book is often referred to as the "First Folio." A number of Shakespeare's important plays appear in print for the first time in this volume and, without it, would likely have been lost. This is a biography of a book: the first collected edition of Shakespeares plays printed in 1623 and known as the First Folio. For this important work they chose the "folio" format, which refers to a book size where the sheet of paper on which the text is printed is folded once to form two leaves or four pages. It was through his popularity that the troupe gained the attention of the new king, James I, who appointed them the Kings Players in 1603. M. ApIn honor of the 400th anniversary of its publication this year, all six of the Library’s copies of William Shakespeare’s First Folio will be displayed in the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures from April 22 through October 1, 2023. Several years after his death, when many corrupted versions of the plays were being printed, two friends, John Heminge and Henry Condell, decided to collect, edit, and publish all thirty-six of Shakespeare's plays that they believed to be authentic. : The First Folio of Shakespeare: The Norton Facsimile: 9780393039856: Shakespeare, William, Hinman, Charlton, Blayney, Peter W. William Shakespeare died without publishing any of the plays that he wrote. A Brief Summary of the History of the First-Folio Edition of Shakespeares Dramas, 1623-1923 by Guppy, Henry and a great selection of related books. Gift of the Dallas Shakespeare Club in honor of their 100th anniversary. (First Folio) London: Isaac Jaggard and E. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, Published According to the True Originall Copies. Individual Collections William Shakespeare.
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