The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio

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The work The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio

Title remainder

Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio

Statement of responsibility

Andrea E. Mays

Creator

• Mays, Andrea E

Author

• Mays, Andrea E

Subject

• London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
• Millionaires -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
• New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce | History
• New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life
• Book collectors -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography | Folios. 1623
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Friends and associates
• Publishers and publishing -- England | London -- History -- 17th century
• Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"Today it is the most valuable book in the world. Recently one sold for over five million dollars. It is the book that rescued the name of William Shakespeare and half of his plays from oblivion. The Millionaire and the Bard tells the miraculous and romantic story of the making of the First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong obsession." --

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

822.3/3

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

Z989.F66

LC item number

M28 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult