Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is the largest rare book library in Canada, holding over 800,000 books and 6,000 linear metres of manuscript material.
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Feb 7, 2025
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Shakespeare Exhibition - Case 1 03.02.2016 2:30
Lead curator Scott Schofield talks about the items in Case 1 of the Shakespeare exhibition, which includes the only copy in Canada of the celebrated 1623 First Folio, allow with the Jaggard printing "siblings" from the same time period.
Shakespeare Exhibition - Case 4 03.02.2016 4:14
Curator Scott Schofield pictures what Shakespeare's desk might look like, and the sources used when producing his plays, including Holinshed's Chronicles and Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Shakespeare Exhibition - Case 3 03.02.2016 1:47
Curator Scott Schofield looks at other examples of books that were produced at William Jaggard's press prior to its printing of the First Folio in 1623.
Shakespeare Exhibition - Case 2 03.02.2016 1:07
Curator Scott Schofield talks about the "other" three 17th century Shakespeare Folios.
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