Synopses & Reviews
This major reference book for Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers is in the second part of the story of "the greatest book" in the English language. Listing 228 copies of the First Folio, the Census gives concise descriptions of each, covering condition, special features, provenance, and binding. It traces the search for copies, deals with doubtful identifications, describes the tests for inclusion, and presents details of missing copies.
Review
"[A] work of painstaking scholarship that will be the standard reference tool for the field."--Studies in English Literature 1500-1900