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THE NORTON FACSIMILE: FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE (LIMITED EDITION) by William Shakespeare
LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG
London: Folio Society, 1996.
928pp. Hardcover with quarter leather binding in wassa goatskin. Marbled paper boards. Housed in a publisher's slipcase with gilt lettering. Gilt lettering to the spine with decorative embossing. Introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney.
This is a limited edition of 1000 of which this is no. 725
"When it was published in 1968, The Norton Facsimile set a new standard for scholarly accuracy. It was the first facsimile in which every page had been selected from a large number of copies in an attempt to find a clean, clear example with minimal show-through. Even more important, it offered the latest, most corrected state of pages known to vary from copy to copy because of correction at press. Finally, it introduced a standard system of reference, "through line numbering," based on the lines printed in the 1623 edition rather than on the acts, scenes, and lines of a modern edition. These improvements, the meticulous work of the great Folio scholar Charlton Hinman made possible by the extensive Folger Library Collection, established The Norton Facsimile as an indispensable volume for book collectors and serious readers of Shakespeare." (Norton & Company)
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