Collecting Shakespeare : the story of Henry and Emily Folger / Stephen H. Grant.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781421411873 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1421411873 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781421411880
- 1421411881
- Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
- Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
- Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930 -- Library
- Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936 -- Library
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography
- Folger Shakespeare Library -- History
- Book collectors -- New York (State) -- Biography
- Private libraries -- New York (State) -- History
- Bibliotecas privadas. -- Nueva York (Estado). -- Historia
- Bibliotecas de investigación -- Washington (D.C.) -- Historia
- Research libraries -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
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- PR 2933 G763c 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.
Well read in poetry, fair in knowledge : Henry and Emily form a team -- Thou lovest me, my name is Will : smitten by Shakespeare -- Wise, circumspect, and trusted : five decades at Standard Oil -- Leading on to fortune : Henry invests to buy the bard -- The hunt is up, the fields are fragrant : building a collection -- Whole volumes in folio : the ultimate prize for collectors -- What news on the Rialto : maneuvers in the rare book market -- Hotspur and Hal : two Henrys compete -- A monument to gentle verse : designing a treasure house -- Dear, blessed plot of land : the Folgers' gift to America -- Epilogue. Praise in the eyes of prosperity : the Folger after the Folgers -- Appendix: directors of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
He draws on interviews with surviving Folger relatives and visits to 35 related archives in the United States and in Britain to create a portrait of the remarkable couple who ensured that Shakespeare would have a beautiful home in America.
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