held a number of roles during her time at the Folger, including Editor of The Collation (2011–2015). She is the author of Studying Early Printed Books 1450-1800: A Practical Guide, co-editor of PBSA (The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America) and occasionally still writes a blog and newsletter, which can be found from her website. — View all posts by Sarah Werner
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Surprising things do turn up as waste. Although it is very old, see my “F1 _Coriolanus_ Fragment Found in Seventeenth-Century Binding.” _Shakespeare Newsletter_, 16 (1966), 1. (with Louis Marder).
Fabulous! Thanks for checking, Emma. With this confirmation, perhaps we can update our catalog records to note the printers’ waste source.
I forgot to mention in my post this detail, but it’s surely relevant: both pieces of waste were printed by Christopher Barker. The books in the sammelband were not printed by Barker (two were printed from John Day and the third by Henry Bynneman), but it’s clear that Barker’s shop got rid of its waste and some of those sheets ended up here!
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Surprising things do turn up as waste. Although it is very old, see my “F1 _Coriolanus_ Fragment Found in Seventeenth-Century Binding.” _Shakespeare Newsletter_, 16 (1966), 1. (with Louis Marder).
Williams, William Proctor — April 17, 2014
Fascinating. I’ll check on the All
Souls copy when the library opens next week after Easter, and report back.
Emma Smith — April 21, 2014
Checked 21507.5 in the Codrington Library, All Souls – it’s a match! These leaves of printers’ waste do come from this copy.
Emma Smith with Gaye Morgan — May 2, 2014
Fabulous! Thanks for checking, Emma. With this confirmation, perhaps we can update our catalog records to note the printers’ waste source.
I forgot to mention in my post this detail, but it’s surely relevant: both pieces of waste were printed by Christopher Barker. The books in the sammelband were not printed by Barker (two were printed from John Day and the third by Henry Bynneman), but it’s clear that Barker’s shop got rid of its waste and some of those sheets ended up here!
Sarah Werner — May 2, 2014