The Folger’s web-based catalog, Hamnet, contains bibliographic records for the following materials from the collection:
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most materials published since 1800
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all STC books (English imprints 1475–1640)
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all Wing books (English imprints 1641–1700) shelved by Wing number
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about 90 percent of Wing books shelved by accession number
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all eighteenth-century English books shelved by LC call number
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about 90 percent of eighteenth-century English books shelved by accession number
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all incunables, courtesy books, and promptbooks
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accession-level records for all rare materials acquired since 1996
The catalog includes the following from the Shakespeare Collection:
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bibliographic records for all copies of the four Folios published 1623–1654
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bibliographic records for most single-play editions published after 1700
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no records yet for most collected editions of the plays
For more detailed information about what is in Hamnet, click here.
For questions or problems in using Hamnet, e-mail: hamnethelp@folger.edu.
For questions about the collection, e-mail: reference@folger.edu.
