An Example of Printed Visual Marginalia
The Folger Shakespeare has recently acquired a copy of the 1706 English edition of the travel narrative A New Voyage to the North… (Folger 269- 090q), written by the French physician Pierre Martin de...
View ArticlePurchases from the Robert S. Pirie Collection, Part I
The latter portion of 2015 included a bit more excitement than usual around the Folger, as we gathered for several days in early December to feast (on popcorn, primarily), drink (coffee and tea), and...
View ArticlePurchases from the Robert S. Pirie Collection, Part 2: the printed material
The Folger Shakespeare Library acquired 45 lots, 19 of them printed books, at the auction sale of the Pirie collection that took place on December 2–4, 2015, at Sotheby’s, New York (we’ve also put up...
View ArticlePurchases from the Robert S. Pirie Collection, Part 3: the manuscripts
In addition to the printed books and embroidered bindings described in last week’s post, the Folger also acquired 26 early modern manuscripts at the Robert S. Pirie sale at Sotheby’s (New York) in...
View ArticleNew Vault Material Walks Into a Library…
New staff members (and researchers!) are sometimes surprised to find that on-order and newly received collection materials show up in Hamnet searches. Many special collections libraries keep that...
View ArticleLost at Sea
Shakespeare liked shipwrecks, including one in at least five of his plays. Sea storms and shipwrecks were a convenient way to separate characters or bring them into conflict, as well as stranding them...
View ArticleA New Acquisition: from the workshop of the Naval Binder?
But upon the table—oh joy! the tailor gave a shout—there, where he had left plain cuttings of silk—there lay the most beautifullest coat and embroidered satin waistcoat that ever were worn by a Mayor...
View ArticleImagining an 18th century Jane Doe
Written with the expert assistance of Deborah J. Leslie. It is probably pretty obvious to Collation readers by now that Folger staff and researchers have a strange obsession with printed blank forms:...
View ArticleA “lost” drawing by Ellen Terry
Is it possible to lose something you never had? The other day I managed to “lose” a 1905 sketch of a theater interior by actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928). I had caught a glimpse of it when sorting...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Earle Hyman Collection
Earle Hyman as the Prince of Morocco in a 1953 production of Merchant of Venice Earlier this year, the Folger Shakespeare Library was privileged to receive the Earle Hyman Collection, including many of...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....