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...ifacts, relations of texts and practices as exemplified by food knowledge, collecting practices and institutions, craft and design, and natural historical object

...cquisitions, as well as pictures and art objects. Their shared passion for collecting fulfilled the Folgers' need for a larger purpose in life. Inevitably, their Collecting with a knowledge of the textual variations in all copies of the Shakespeare

*June22, 2016 – Collecting Shakespeare: ''The Story of Henry and Emily Folger,'' a talk with the autho

The Folger began collecting these pamphlets in 1954, and has since amassed one of the largest Mazarinad

:"An Actor’s Library: David Garrick‚ Book Collecting, and Literary Friendships"

...Decade of Collecting: Celebrating Ten Years of Acquisitions|''A Decade of Collecting: Celebrating Ten Years of Acquisitions'']] (2000) *''Rosenbach Redux: Further Book Adventures in Book Collecting'' (1990)

*February 19, 2016 – Lecture, ''Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Henry and Emily Folger'' by Stephen Grant

...was granted a public theater permit in April 1970<ref>Stephen H. Grant, ''Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Henry and Emily Folger'' (Baltimore: Johns Hopkin

...ularly after his retirement, Smyth was able to pursue his passion for book-collecting. A contemporary reported that he made the rounds of the booksellers’ shop

...ay, or if not, whether the book on offer fit well enough into the Folger's collecting scope to be worth the price)

:''Collecting, Compiling, and Creating: Manuscript Writing by Seventeenth-Century Women''

...izabeth ruled during most of Shakespeare's lifetime, and the Folgers began collecting materials about her as they focused on Shakespeare. The collection on Engli

...these collections adds significantly to an existing area of the library's collecting interest; each reflects the dedication and discrimination of its builders; ...ndsome appearance. He often played opposite his older sister [[A Decade of Collecting: Celebrating Ten Years of Acquisitions#Siddons Portrait|Sarah Siddons]] (17

...lee”]] of 1769. Shakespeare’s reputation grew alongside a passion for book collecting among the wealthy, and the Shakespeare First Folio quickly became a must-ha ...he rate and the quantity of acquisition are unique in the antiquarian book collecting.

...ent president of Amherst College, Charles W. Cole.<ref>Stephen H. Grant, ''Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Henry and Emily Folger'' (Baltimore: Johns Hopkin

...this book with a view that I shd. give it to my friend Mr. Garmer, who was collecting Quarto Editions of Shakespeare plays. I accordingly sent it dow[n] [t]o him

prince, Charles I's gift-exchanges focused on the art collecting of his

* Is the item within [[Collection development|Folger collecting scope]]? We collect materials on early modern European civilization, the ti

: 3. in book-collecting terms, a size based on definition 2.

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