The History of Special Collections at Brown University

William Shakespeare
Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.
London: Isaac Jaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623.

This first folio edition of Shakespeare's works, the first collected edition of his plays, contains the bookplate of the 19th century bibliographer William Jaggard, a descendant of the printer.

Rare Book Collection.  Gift of Mr. & Mrs. William V. A. Hansen.

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