Collecting Shakespeare : the story of Henry and Emily Folger /
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2014]
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Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 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.