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  • Shakespeare's Fourth folio, 1685 [Copy 02]

    Subject:
    Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Yorkshire tragedy, King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Thomas, Lord Cromwell (Drama), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Locrine, Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), London prodigal, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Puritan (Middleton, Thomas), Sir John Oldcastle, Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Pericles (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator:
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1685
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (approximately 288 pages)
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    This copy contains a list of the principal actors in all the plays and a catalogue of all the comedies, histories, and tragedies contained within this folio.
    Physical Repository:
    British Columbia. Legislative Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books
    Provenance:
    From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2017-03-28/2017-04-12
    Transcript:
    Contents: [_file page number] _007 Tempest (1) _016 Two Gentlemen of Verona (18) _024 Merry Wives of Windsor (35) _034 Measure for Measure (55) _045 Comedy of Errors (76) _052 Much Ado About Nothing (90) _062 Love's Labour Lost (110) _071 ...
    Technical Note:
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 28 Mar - 12 Apr. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 600 dpi TIFF. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.95 @ 500 camera height. Cropped to ...

  • Shakespeare's Fourth Folio, 1685 [Copy 01]

    Alternative Title:
    Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio: Viz. Peicles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigal. The History of Thomas Lord Cromwel. Sir Jo...
    Subject:
    Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Yorkshire tragedy, King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Pericles (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Locrine, Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), London prodigal, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Puritan (Middleton, Thomas), Sir John Oldcastle, Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Thomas, Lord Cromwell (Drama), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator:
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor:
    Milton, John, 1608-1674, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630, and Condell, Henry, -1627
    Publisher:
    London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden 1685.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1685
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (303 pages)
    Edition:
    The Fourth Edition
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Contemporary clippings about the Second and Fourth folios attached to the inside front cover.Handwritten note attached to inside cover: Bequeathed to Charles Baron Clarke M.A. of Queen's College Cambridge by His aff...
    Physical Repository:
    British Columbia. Legislative Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books
    Provenance:
    From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2017-03-14/2017-03-27
    Transcript:
    Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number): _007 frontspiece and title page_008 dedication_009 To The Great Variety of Readers_012 Tempest (1)_021 Two Gentlemen of Verona (18)_029 Merry Wives of Windsor (35) _039 Measure for Me...
    Technical Note:
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 14 Mar - 27 Mar. 600 dpi TIFF. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.95 @ 500 camera height. Cropped to ...

  • Proof copy of excerpt from Balcony of Europe

    Subject:
    Authorship, Fiction, Balcony of Europe (Higgins, Aidan), English literature, English literature--Irish authors, Authors, Irish, Literature, and Authors
    Creator:
    Higgins, Aidan, 1927-2015
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    June 1965
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    13 pages
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Pages disassembled. Holograph correction in pen. Included cover of London Magazine.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Aidan Higgins Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    proofs (printed matter), excerpts, fiction (general genre), and magazines (periodicals)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1980-063; Series: 6, Balcony of Europe; File: 2.12, Proof copy; Item: 6.1
    Fonds Title:
    Aidan Higgins fonds
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC055
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/aidan-higgins-fonds
    Date Digitized:
    2018-04-17
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Opticbook Plustek A300 @600 dpi, no colour correction. Scanned by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Picture of Dorian Gray [(1890). Teaching edition]

    Subject:
    Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde, Oscar), English literature, English literature--Irish authors, and English literature--Study and teaching
    Creator:
    Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
    Contributor:
    Gifford, James, 1974-
    Publisher:
    UVic Creative Commons and McPherson Library, Special Collections
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    2011
    Rights Statement:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    182 pages
    Edition:
    [Rev.]
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Appendix contains the Preface from the 1891 edition.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    From the Print Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    fiction (general genre) and books
    Date Digitized:
    2011-08-11
    Technical Note:
    PDF. Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    0_title THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY Oscar Wilde Edited by James Gifford Published by McPherson Library, Special Collections University of Victoria PO Box 1800 STN CSC ...