William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - binding front board
The ‘'cottage-roof'’ style binding for a Shakespeare ‘First Folio’.
Lord Ashburnham’s binding for his copy of the Shakespeare 'First Folio' is simple, but elegant, created ...
William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - title page
The 'First Folio' of Shakespeare’s plays.
The book known as the 'First Folio' is a collection of thirty-six of Shakespeare’s plays gathered together and published seven years after the ...
William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623 , 'First Folio', - binding view
A ‘folio’ owned by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
The tooling on the spine of this copy of the Shakespeare 'First Folio' matches the restraint of the work on the front and back boards ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, A midsummer night's dreame, 1600 [1619] - title page
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The ‘quarto’ text titlepage.
The title page of the paper-back pamphlet, or ‘quarto’ version of Shakespeare’s plays often carried an advertising ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, Love's Labour's Lost, 1631 - title page
A play for the Blackfriars Theatre: Shakespeare's Love’s Labour’s Lost.
The first ‘quarto' of Love’s Labour’s Lost was printed in 1598 and formed the basis for the ‘folio’ ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, The Merchant of Venice, 1600 [1619] - Title page, imprint detail
A text published without the permission of Shakespeare’s acting company.
Every press had to be licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Bishop of London and no printing was allowed except ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, The Merchant of Venice, 1600 [1619] - title page.
A ‘Pavier’ quarto of Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice title page.
This title-page of The Merchant of Venice ‘quarto’ summarises the plot in its descriptive sub-title. The ...