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    Baltimore, Maryland :The Johns Hopkins University Press,
    UID:
    almahu_9948323521602882
    Format: 1 online resource (264 pages)
    ISBN: 9781421411880 (e-book)
    Additional Edition: Print version: Grant, Stephen H., 1941- Collecting Shakespeare : the story of Henry and Emily Folger. Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, c2014 ISBN 9781421411873
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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    UID:
    gbv_768485185
    Format: XVI, 244 S. , Ill. , 24 cm
    ISBN: 9781421411873 , 1421411873
    Content: In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger of Brooklyn, a couple who were devoted to each other, in love with Shakespeare, and bitten by the collecting bug. Shortly after marrying in 1885, the Folgers started buying, cataloging, and storing all manner of items about Shakespeare and his era. Emily earned a master's degree in Shakespeare studies. The frugal couple worked passionately as a tight-knit team during the Gilded Age, financing their hobby with the fortune Henry earned as president of Standard Oil Company of New York, where he was a trusted associate of John D. Rockefeller Sr. While a number of American universities offered to house the collection, the Folgers wanted to give it to the American people. Afraid the price of antiquarian books would soar if their names were revealed, they secretly acquired prime real estate on Capitol Hill near the Library of Congress. They commissioned the design and construction of an elegant building with a reading room, public exhibition hall, and the Elizabethan Theatre. The Folger Shakespeare Library was dedicated on the Bard's birthday, April 23, 1932.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-233) and index , Well read in poetry, fair in knowledge : Henry and Emily form a teamThou lovest me, my name is Will : smitten by Shakespeare -- Wise, circumspect, and trusted : five decades at Standard Oil -- Leading on to fortune : Henry invests to buy the bard -- The hunt is up, the fields are fragrant : building a collection -- Whole volumes in folio : the ultimate prize for collectors -- What news on the Rialto : maneuvers in the rare book market -- Hotspur and Hal : two Henrys compete -- A monument to gentle verse : designing a treasure house -- Dear, blessed plot of land : the Folgers' gift to America -- Epilogue. Praise in the eyes of prosperity : the Folger after the Folgers -- Appendix: directors of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781421411880
    Additional Edition: ISBN 1421411881
    Language: English
    Subjects: General works , English Studies
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    Keywords: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 ; Folger Shakespeare Library
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