Collecting Shakespeare av Stephen H. (A.Mecke Co Inc (Amanda Mecke)) Grant

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<p><b>The first biography of Henry and Emily Folger, who acquired the largest and finest collection of Shakespeare in the world.</b></p><p>In <i>Collecting Shakespeare</i>, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger. Shortly after marrying in 1885, the Folgers started buying, cataloging, and storing all manner of items about Shakespeare and his era. Emily earned a master''s degree in Shakespeare studies. The frugal couple worked passionately as a tight-knit team during the Gilded Age, financing their hobby with the fortune Henry earned as president of Standard Oil Company of New York, where he was a trusted associate of John D. Rockefeller Sr.</p><p>While a number of American universities offered to house the collection, the Folgers wanted to give it to the American people. Afraid the price of antiquarian books would soar if their names were revealed, they secretly acquired prime real estate on Capitol Hill near the Library of Congress. They commissi