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The Second Folio is the 1632 edition of the collected plays of William Shakespeare. It follows the First Folio of 1623. Much language was updated in the Second Folio and there are almost 1,700 changes.
Second Folio. Full Title: Mr. William Shakespeare Comedies, histories and tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies. The second impression. London, printed by Tho. Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. Published: London: Smethwick, J., Aspley, W., Hawkins, Richard, and Meighan, Richard, 1632.
Dec 4, 2020 · The “hieroglyphics” were 17th century typesetting, which even 21st century students struggle to read. Typesetting issues are one of the factors that differentiate the Second Folio from its famous sibling, the First Folio, printed in 1623, by William Jaggard for Edward Blount, John Smethwick, and William Aspley.
Apr 14, 2015 · English. This, the second edition of the collected plays of William Shakespeare, is commonly known as "the second folio." The so-called "first folio" was printed in London and issued in 1623 by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount.
The edition expanded the opening set of commendatory poems praising Shakespeare: Shakespeare’s reputation had continued to grow. This section of the Second Folio features an elegy on Shakespeare by aspiring poet John Milton – his first published poem, though his name was not printed.
This intriguing Second Folio is from the English college in Valladolid, Spain, and it bears the certificate of Guillermo Sánchez, a censor for the Holy Office, or Inquisition.
The Second Folio of 1632 (F2--the second edition of Shakespeare's works) is basically a reprint of the First Folio. No truly substantive changes occur in it, suggesting that most of the emendations were probably made in the printing house and seen as corrections of errors made there the first time (e.g. faulty lineation, punctuation, spelling ...
