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Brimming from cover to beautifully bound cover with the comedies, tragedies and histories that Shakespeare was famed for. The first folio offers a unique collection of William Shakespeare's plays published in 16 23. The first folio is a treasured and highly significant record of the work of one

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of Britain's greatest writers as digitization specialists. It was an honor for towns of archiving to be trusted with the capture of the first folio in time for its 4/100 anniversary. The priceless volume owned by one of the world's leading theater companies was photographed beneath non heat

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emitting adjustable lighting using a high resolution camera mounted overhead. The delicate spine was supported with a V cradle and the pages turned slowly with one hand to lift and the other to support capturing the whole left side of the folio before capturing the right weights and

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polyester strips were used for stability and later edited out a meticulous and delicate process. The open access first folio site provides access to the R S CS first folio and many others compared side by side for the very first time.