is Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Early Books and Prints at the Folger Shakespeare Library. He is a specialist in bibliography, the history of book, and the literature and culture of early modern England—especially drama.
Banning books goes back thousands of years, almost as long as people have been writing. Aaron T. Pratt, the Folger’s curator of rare books and prints, looks at one of 15 books that James I went beyond banning to publicly burn during his reign.
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