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Excerpt from Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: A Facsimile Edition The present reduced facsimile edition of Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, 67 Tragedies (london, more commonly known as the First Folio, reproduces as faithfully and accurately as modern techniques permit the excellent copy in the possession of the Elizabethan Club of Yale University. This copy, which formerly belonged to Henry Huth (english collector, 1815 was purchased in 1911 by the late Alexander Smith Cochran and presented to the Library of the Elizabethan Club, where it is now one of the treasures of the Club's superb Eliza bethan collection. For the sake of convenient handling the size of the original type page has here been reduced by approximately one - fifth. To ensure maximum readability stains have been removed whenever possible without interfering with the text itself, but no other retouching has been undertaken; consequently, because of irregularities in the printing of the Folio an occasional word or passage in the facsimile reproduction may be difficult to read. Liberal outside margins have been provided for the reader's notes and a paper suitable for writing in ink has been used. The photographing was entrusted to Frederic G. Ludwig, head of the Photographic Department of Yale University Library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.