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I. THE "FIRST FOLIO " OF THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, 1623

(Case 1. 1)

MANCHESTER: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, HIS SOURCES, AND THE WRITINGS OF HIS PRINCIPAL CONTEMPORARIES. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH, AND SIXTEEN

FACSIMILES

TERCENTENARY

OF THE

DEATH OF SHAKESPEARE
1616 APRIL 23 1916

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MCMXVI

Triumph my Britain thou hast one to show,
To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe,
He was not of an age, but for all time.
Nature herself was proud of his designs
And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines,
Which were so richly spun and woven so fit.

-B. JONSON.