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In 1623, the first folio-sized edition of Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies was printed, seven years after the death of the playwright. Before this, the Bard’s plays were printed exclusively in much smaller quarto editions, with numerous folds. In fact, only half of his plays were published in that fashion.
Book Name: Second Folio. Full Title: Mr. William Shakespeare Comedies, histories and tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies. The second impression. London, printed by Tho. Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. Published:
Genre. English Renaissance theatre. Publisher. Thomas Cotes. Publication date. 1632. The Second Folio is the 1632 edition of the collected plays of William Shakespeare. It follows the First Folio of 1623. Much language was updated in the Second Folio and there are almost 1,700 changes.
Apr 14, 2015 · This, the second edition of the collected plays of William Shakespeare, is commonly known as "the second folio." The so-called "first folio" was printed in London and issued in 1623 by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount. It contained 36 plays, 18 of which had never before appeared in print, including Macbeth, The tempest, and Julius Caesar.
William Shakespeare Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies London, 1623 2 folger shakespeare library O (the Second Folio) proved more attractive to many contemporary booklovers. Whereas the First Folio had been compiled by two of Shakespeare’s friends and fellow-actors, drawing on what they claimed was access to “his papers,”
The Second Folio of 1632 (F2--the second edition of Shakespeare's works) is basically a reprint of the First Folio. No truly substantive changes occur in it, suggesting that most of the emendations were probably made in the printing house and seen as corrections of errors made there the first time (e.g. faulty lineation, punctuation, spelling ...
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