The making of Shakespeare's First Folio
β Scribed by Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine), author
- Publisher
- Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
ix, 180 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm
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