Paper-making » Folio 400 - Printing Shakespeare

‘to wear the dressing of his lines!’ Linen rags were pulped, and their fibres re-used in paper. This was made by hand, one sheet at a time. English paper mills did not make paper good enough for printing, so it was imported from France. Source material Most paper today is made from wood fibres, but […]

400th Anniversary of the Folio

Folio-phernalia » Folio 400 - Printing Shakespeare

Book that gave us Shakespeare': 400-year-old folio coming to UM

Teasing apart the meaning of Shakespeare's First Folio

Happy 400th, First Folio!

Folio 400 - Printing Shakespeare

Folio400: Printing Shakespeare

Folio400: Printing Shakespeare

Engraving » Folio 400 - Printing Shakespeare

Happy 400th, First Folio!