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Caroline Duroselle-Melish

is Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Early Modern Books and Prints at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
A Pin's Worth: Pins in Books
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A Pin's Worth: Pins in Books

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Caroline Duroselle-Melish

The object you see tucked in the gathering of the book in this month’s Crocodile Mystery is a pin. Recently, I have become aware of the presence of pins in a number of books at the Folger Shakespeare Library. At…

Publishing Against the King: French Civil War Pamphlets
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Publishing Against the King: French Civil War Pamphlets

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Caroline Duroselle-Melish

From 1648 to 1653 a civil war, known as the Fronde, raged in France, with the nobility and most of the people of France on one side, and the royal government under the child-king Louis XIV and his hated chief…

A Renaissance best-seller of love and action
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A Renaissance best-seller of love and action

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The Folger Shakespeare Library’s 26 copies of various editions of Lodovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso attest to its success during the 16th and early 17th centuries (a success that continued for much longer, but that is another story). See for example Exercices furieux: à…

How an 18th-century clergyman read his Folio
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How an 18th-century clergyman read his Folio

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The Folger Shakespeare Library has never acquired another copy of a Shakespeare Folio since the Folgers’ time—until now. We recently added number 38 to our collection of Fourth Folios (S2915 Fo.4 no.38). Published in 1685, this was the last of…

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