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Original Conjugate Leaves from the First Folio, William Shakespeare ~ 1623

Original Conjugate Leaves from the First Folio, William Shakespeare ~ 1623
Original Conjugate Leaves from the First Folio, William Shakespeare ~ 1623
Original Conjugate Leaves from the First Folio, William Shakespeare ~ 1623
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Original Conjugate Leaves from the First Folio

William Shakespeare

Rare original conjugate leaves (pp. 85–88) from Shakespeare’s 1623 First Folio, containing text from Troylus and Cressida. The leaves remain attached at the original fold, preserving four consecutive pages as issued — an increasingly scarce survival. One of the most influential books of all time, the 1623 First Folio is the primary source for eighteen Shakespeare plays and the foundation of all later collected editions. Of roughly 750 copies printed, 235 are known to remain, most of which are kept in either public archives or private collections. This leaf is from a derelict First Folio, part of a collection of leaves formed in Oxfordshire England in the early twentieth century, later acquired in a group of loose Shakespeare folio leaves at a London PBFA book fair (c. 1980s). These leaves preserve continuous dramatic dialogue from Troylus and Cressida, including exchanges among Achilles, Ajax, Hector, Agamemnon, and other Greek and Trojan figures within the central political and martial tensions of the play.

London: Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. Folio (each leaf approx. 312 × 203 mm; 12.25 × 8 in); two conjugate leaves printed recto and verso (pp. 85–88) with headline “Troylus and Cressida.” Double-column setting in black letter and roman type with italic stage directions. Catchword and typographic line endings correspond to the 1623 First Folio setting and agree with institutional copies, including the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Brandeis University copy.  

Condition: Unbound conjugate pair. General toning, edge wear, old folds, minor marginal losses and scattered soiling,  early ink flecking and scattered press-room specks, consistent with survival from a working seventeenth-century volume. Penciled page numbers to upper corners. Fold strong and intact. Text complete and fully legible. Not pressed or washed; retains the character of an unrestored leaf group. 

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