Reposted by Patrick Durdel
In the 1860s, chess player Howard Staunton produced a photo-facsimile of Shakespeare's First Folio. It was one of the earliest attempts to use new technology to reproduce an old book.
@folger.edu has Staunton’s proof sheets. I looked at them last week. If you like media/books/history, they're fun.
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“How on earth came the t turned into s?!!!!”
On Howard Staunton’s photozincographic facsimile of Shakespeare’s First Folio
