Shakespeare's first reader : the paper trails of Richard Stonley /
The Elizabethan Exchequer clerk Richard Stonley is the first person known to have bought a printed book written by William Shakespeare, though for whom no portrait is known to survive. This book reconstructs the life of Stonley through his library, exploring the intersections between his experience...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | 1st edition. |
| Series: | Material texts.
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| Summary: | The Elizabethan Exchequer clerk Richard Stonley is the first person known to have bought a printed book written by William Shakespeare, though for whom no portrait is known to survive. This book reconstructs the life of Stonley through his library, exploring the intersections between his experience and the texts that he accumulated. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812251456 0812251458 |