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The Title Page
At the Folger, I'm known as Folio number 6. Although I wasn't on tour, I'm familiar to all visitors to the Folger because I am always on display! My title page is in nearly perfect condition, which is rare. Only 21 other copies of the First Folio at the Folger have an intact title page.
The engraving of Shakespeare is one of only two portraits widely accepted as a genuine likeness of the man (the other is the sculpture on his monument in the parish church at Stratford-upon-Avon). Engraver Martin Droeshout touched up the plate twice during printing. My title page has the final version. |