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Excerpt from Exhibition of Shakespeariana: April 1-May 31, 1916
The British Museum owns the best single collection of the kind, but it has not all of the books presented here, nor can it bring together for a loan exhibition such a collection as this. The reason is that nearly all the important col lections of Shakespeare''s works in England are in public institutions and cannot be lent to form one exhibition.
The introduction to the Census of Shake speare''s Plays in Quarto mentions the differ ence in ownership and location of Shakespeare''s works in England and in America. In England Shakespeariana are chiefly in public collections where they may be examined by the student, but may not be withdrawn for exhibition or study elsewhere. In America they are chiefly in the libraries of private collectors whose generosity affords opportunities for the public like the present one. Unfortunately, there are in America but three public collections with Shakespeare''s works of sufficient value to form the basis of an exhibition. These are in the Boston Public Library, which contains the Bar ton Collection, in the Elizabethan Club of Yale University, with its famous Huth quartos, and in The New York Public Library, with its Lenox Collection. The Lenox Collection is the basis of this exhibition.
Private collectors of America have lent their most valuable books for this exhibition, in order that those who visit it may have a chance to see virtually an entire series of the early edi tions of Shakespeare''s works. They have also lent such other books as were necessary for a picture of the sources from which the dramatist took his plots and of the allusions made to him in contemporary literature.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The British Museum owns the best single collection of the kind, but it has not all of the books presented here, nor can it bring together for a loan exhibition such a collection as this. The reason is that nearly all the important col lections of Shakespeare''s works in England are in public institutions and cannot be lent to form one exhibition.
The introduction to the Census of Shake speare''s Plays in Quarto mentions the differ ence in ownership and location of Shakespeare''s works in England and in America. In England Shakespeariana are chiefly in public collections where they may be examined by the student, but may not be withdrawn for exhibition or study elsewhere. In America they are chiefly in the libraries of private collectors whose generosity affords opportunities for the public like the present one. Unfortunately, there are in America but three public collections with Shakespeare''s works of sufficient value to form the basis of an exhibition. These are in the Boston Public Library, which contains the Bar ton Collection, in the Elizabethan Club of Yale University, with its famous Huth quartos, and in The New York Public Library, with its Lenox Collection. The Lenox Collection is the basis of this exhibition.
Private collectors of America have lent their most valuable books for this exhibition, in order that those who visit it may have a chance to see virtually an entire series of the early edi tions of Shakespeare''s works. They have also lent such other books as were necessary for a picture of the sources from which the dramatist took his plots and of the allusions made to him in contemporary literature.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author(s) - New York Public Library
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ISBN - 9780656151356
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Page Count - 29
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