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King Charles I owned a copy of the Second Folio, which became part of the library of Windsor Castle; Charles II's copy is in the British Library. The so-called Perkins Folio, which John Payne Collier used for his forged emendations of Shakespeare's text, was a copy of the Second Folio.
Feb 12, 2016 · The Shakespeare in the Royal Library exhibition features the Second Folio inscribed by the king with the Latin phrase "Dum Spiro Spero". It means "while I breathe, I hope" and was likely...
Jul 23, 2021 · One of the most prized objects in the Royal Collection is a ‘Second Folio’ edition of Shakespeare’s plays, first published in 1632. It contains handwritten annotations made by the deposed King Charles I in the final days before his execution on the orders of Parliament, during the English Civil War.
Dec 4, 2020 · In the 1950s, Charles McCulloch, Chairman of the Willamette Board of Trustees, donated the rare 1632 edition of Shakespeare’s Second Folio to the university. In the Willamette University Archives, you can find articles about this generous donation, as well as students’ reactions to seeing the Second Folio and other rare books.
James I's son and heir, Charles I, owned a copy of the Second Folio and it is said that he constantly read it while imprisoned at Windsor Castle during the civil wars. Charles I's copy is part of the Royal Collections and is now at the Royal Library at Windson Castle.
One such owner of this updated copy was King Charles I, who may have been reading it at the time of his imprisonment in Carisbrooke and Windsor Castle prior to his execution in 1649. 1932....
Jun 16, 2021 · Charles I’s copy of the 1632 Second Folio, which is preserved in the Royal Collection at Windsor, does indeed exhibit the king’s close attention to Shakespeare, with Charles having annotated the table of contents, renaming some of the plays after the characters that he apparently regarded as of leading interest (so Twelfth Night becomes ...
