Shakespeare First Folio: The History of the Book - Volume Ii: A New Worldwide Census of First Folios

Zusatztext Review from Volume I: An amazing piece of scholarship ... West's study is the first comprehensive study of the book as book and as cultural object. One wonders why we had to wait nearly four centuries for such a study. Klappentext This major reference book for Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers is in the second part of the story of "the greatest book" in the English language. Listing 228 copies of the First Folio, the Census gives concise descriptions of each, covering condition, special features, provenance, and binding. It traces the search for copies, deals with doubtful identifications, describes the tests for inclusion, and presents details of missing copies. Zusammenfassung This major reference book for Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers is the second part of the story of 'the greatest book' in the English language. Listing 228 copies of the First Folio, the Census gives concise descriptions of each, covering condition, special features, provenance, and binding. It traces the search for copies, and much more.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony James West, Anthony James (Independent Scholar) West, West Anthony James
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2002
• EAN: 9780198187684
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818768-4
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: Shakespeare First Folio: The H; Shakespeare First Folio: The H; The Shakespeare First Folio
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary reference works, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Bibliographies, catalogues, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean