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Folio #59
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The Public Library Copy
open to Twelfth Night
At the Folger, I'm known as Folio number 59, or the "public library" copy. In 1829, 2 women, Mrs. Fortescue and Mrs. Gillis, offered me to their public library in Plymouth, England. Unlike the earlier 1830s, readers could check me out like any other book for up to 7 days. Then, a note was added to my inside cover: "not to circulate." Henry and Emily Folger purchased me in 1913 for $255.
Like Folio number 72 (also on display), I was sold without the text of Troilus and Cressida, since the play was not licensed for publication until late in the printing process. A facsimile of the play was added at a later date. All but 2 leaves of my introduction, the last 2 plays Antony and Cleopatra and Cymbeline, and 22 leaves scattered throughout my text were likely replaced by leaves from the first published facsimile of the First Folio (1807). |