File:Title page William Shakespeare's First Folio 1623.jpg

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Title page of "Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies" (known as "First Folio"), 1623. Copper engraving of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout

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English: Title page of the First Folio, by William Shakespeare, with copper engraving of the author by Martin Droeshout. Image courtesy of the Elizabethan Club and the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. [1]
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Source Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University [2]
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Martin Droeshout  (1601–1650)  wikidata:Q245843
 
Martin Droeshout
Description Spanish copper engraver and printmaker
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Location of birth/death City of Brussels Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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