2023/12/4

Students toured rare books in The University Library on Thursday, November 30 as part of the lifelong learning course "The Life, Times and Works of William Shakespeare." They browsed one of the world's rare Shakespeare collections, including “1623 First Folio,” which is the oldest of Shakespeare's dramas and celebrates its 400th anniversary this year, the later published “Second, Third, Fourth Folio,” and “Romeo and Juliet”, which is a deluxe limited-edition book illustrated by William Hatherell.
The students and Assistant Professor Ashburne, who was in charge of the class, checked out the work “Romeo and Juliet” covered in the class using actual folios and quartos, and were very impressed by the valuable experience.
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Click here for the e-book "Shakespeare's World and the Evolution of His Books", which introduces the Shakespeare collection in The University Library (Japanese version and English version)
Some of the rare books are still on display in the Rare Books Gallery Room of The University Library.

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