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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.
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:
Apr 23, 2012 · As much as we hate to have second-best books here at Peter Harrington, the Second Folio is a second-best we’re glad to have, as it is the earliest edition of Shakespeare that is practicably obtainable on the market.
Oct 10, 2018 · The posthumous publishing by Shakespeare’s friends and contemporaries captured the most accurate accounting of his plays. It’s called the Second Folio simply because it was the second edition, published in 1632 following the first edition of 1623.
The Second Folio contains John Milton’s first appearance in print, his anonymous epitaph to Shakespeare in 16 verses: “What neede my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones.” It appears on the same page as the eight-line “Upon the Effigies.”
Time's Pencil offers a history of how Shakespeare's works changed in content and use after the publication of his First Folio in 1623. Visitors can look at primary sources from the 16th through 21st centuries to learn about how historical and literary changes led to waves of rewriting of Shakespearean texts and produced radically different ...
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.
