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Title page with engraved portrait of Shakespeare in the middle. Text printed above it reads
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An inscription from 1623 records this book as a gift from the First Folio’s printer, William Jaggard.

Folger Finds: A carved oak casket for holding a Shakespeare First Folio
Shakespeare and Beyond

Folger Finds: A carved oak casket for holding a Shakespeare First Folio

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Shakespeare & Beyond

Casket, carved in an Elizabethan style 1866.Imagine buying a book and having the queen of England give you a special case in which to store it! That’s what happened after wealthy heiress Angela Burdett-Coutts purchased a Shakespeare First Folio in…

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