is the Associate Librarian and Head of Reference Emerita at the Folger. She has curated several exhibitions on Shakespeare, including "Shakespeare’s Unruly Women" and "America’s Shakespeare," and is a past president of the Shakespeare Society of America. — View all posts by Georgianna Ziegler
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What a great article on such an interesting book. Goes to show that the historical value of a text is tangled up with individual copies of it. A library like the Folger can’t have too many of them.
Lee Piepho — October 23, 2012
That certainly was Mr and Mrs Folger’s attitude about the first folio.
Deborah J. Leslie — November 3, 2012
Wonderful and thoughtful article. Thank you.
Carole Levin — November 19, 2012
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What a great article on such an interesting book. Goes to show that the historical value of a text is tangled up with individual copies of it. A library like the Folger can’t have too many of them.
Lee Piepho — October 23, 2012
That certainly was Mr and Mrs Folger’s attitude about the first folio.
Deborah J. Leslie — November 3, 2012
Wonderful and thoughtful article. Thank you.
Carole Levin — November 19, 2012