Word: quarto
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Byron?Waltz (quarto edition...
Inside a few bags brought quietly into the Treasure Room of Widener Library late yesterday afternoon reposed the Quarto editions of the plays of Shakespeare and of other plays attributed to his authorship, donated by the family of the late William A. White '63, as one of the most valuable gifts ever made to the Library...
...Quarto editions of Shakespeare are especially valuable, since they are nearer to the poet himself in point of time than the familiar Folio editions, which were published after his death. The Quartos went to press during Shakespeare's own lifetime...
...Quarto editions of Shakespeare are extremely rare; certain of them exist in unique copies only, while the total number of known copies of any single volume in no case exceeds 40. Hitherto the Harvard Library has owned only three of them. Apart from their scarcity, these editions derive their chief value from the fact that they are contemporary with the author himself, while the famous First Folio was published after his death. The text of the Quartos is not always accurate, but it contains the most curious and suggestive differences from the Folio texts and is of great value...
...value to students of this acquisition of one hundred and fifteen quarto editions of Shakespeare is readily apparent. There are few sources as valuable as these volumes for study, not only of the texts of the great dramatist himself but of the whole Elizabethan period. From the youngest Freshman who views them in the Treasure Room to the oldest grad who still remembers his courses under Professor Kittredge, all those who love literature have cause to rejoice at a gift which enriches Widener in this ever welcome fashion...