Published 400 years ago, the book fixed the playwright’s canon for posterity and even—via an illustration of the balding playwright—his physical image
he never knew existed. Fifty small “quarto” editions of individual Shakespeare plays appeared between 1594 and 1623, and “Henry IV” and “Richard III” proved particularly popular. But 18 Folio items had never seen print before—including “Julius Caesar”, “Macbeth”, “The Tempest” and “Twelfth Night”. The First Folio fixed the Shakespeare canon for posterity and even—via Martin Droeshout’s frontispiece of the balding playwright—his physical image.
Thanks, in part, to his friends’ push to celebrate the playwright’s legacy, Shakespeare’s First Folio is not especially rare compared with other early 17th-century books. From the original print run of around 750 copies, 235 are known to exist. Most, however, lie in hushed, low-lit state in libraries and museums. The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington,amassed by Henry Folger, the president of Standard Oil, and his wife, Emily.
Professor Smith’s book, and Mr Laoutaris’s history of the interlinked careers behind the Folio scheme, bring that network to life. Henry Condell and John Heminge, two of Shakespeare’s actor colleagues from the King’s Men company, co-ordinated the project. Edward Blount, a publisher-bookseller known for his cosmopolitan, upmarket list, led a syndicate that included the father-and-son printers William and Isaac Jaggard, as well as fellow booksellers William Aspley and John Smethwick.
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