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Folios at The Class of 1945 Library

"A Noble Gift: Shakespeare's Second Folio"
Article from The Exeter Bulletin, Summer 2008.
Coverage of donation of Second Folio by Rev. Rip Noble '58.

Creating the First Folio

The Royal Shakespeare Company's Artistic Director Gregory Doran describes and explains the First Folio. Watch more of this film series on the First Folio page on the RSC site.

Printing Press - Image
A printing press from Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises. From Folger Shakespeare Library's Digital Collection.
What is a First Folio?
from Shakespeare Folger Library
Plays Not in Quarto
List of plays never published in quarto format.
Julius Caesar in First Folio
Digitized copy from Folger Shakespeare Library

Second and Fourth Folios

Shakespeare's Folios
from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
What is the Second Folio of William Shakespeare?
from the Meisei University Shakespeare Collection Database
Fourth Folio
from University of Oregon's exhibit Time's Pencil
The Printing of Julius Caesar