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Top 5 Folger Finds of 2022
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Top 5 Folger Finds of 2022

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Arthur Murphy's 18th-century collection of humor - Excerpt: "Laughing Histories" by Joy Wiltenburg
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Arthur Murphy's 18th-century collection of humor - Excerpt: "Laughing Histories" by Joy Wiltenburg

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“Murphy may be the first person in history to subject laughter to such intensive and extensive study, at least from the perspective of a laughter professional,” writes Joy Wiltenburg about the 18th-century writer’s 500-page compilation of humor, in this excerpt…

Henry VIII and herbals: Prince Charles and Camilla's visit to the Folger Shakespeare Library
Prince Charles and Camilla
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Henry VIII and herbals: Prince Charles and Camilla's visit to the Folger Shakespeare Library

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See some of the Folger collection items that Charles and Camilla examined when they visited the Folger in 2005, including an early modern book on plants that got the prince’s attention.

A game of chess
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A game of chess

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Take a closer look at some unusual chess sets in the Folger collection, spanning continents and centuries.

Stepping into the forest of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': An immersive installation based on 'A Knavish Lad'
people exploring the immersive installation based on A Knavish Lad
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Stepping into the forest of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': An immersive installation based on 'A Knavish Lad'

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Esther French

This summer, visitors to The Playhouse at the National Building Museum can enjoy an immersive installation based on a beautiful book in the Folger collection, Joanna Robson’s “A Knavish Lad.” The book visually (and wordlessly) narrates “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”…

Five Folger Finds: Coronations, jubilees, and royal processions
Queen Elizabeth II in the Folger Reading Room
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Five Folger Finds: Coronations, jubilees, and royal processions

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Esther French

Did you know that Queen Elizabeth II visited the Folger in 1991? In honor of her Platinum Jubilee, dig into some royal history in the Folger collection.

Five Folger Finds: A bouquet of flowers for spring
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Five Folger Finds: A bouquet of flowers for spring

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Esther French

We’ve gathered a bouquet for you of flower illustrations in the Folger collection, ranging from watercolor paintings to hand-colored copperplate engravings. Enjoy these five blooms in celebration of spring.

Look at Our Bottoms
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Look at Our Bottoms

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Ben Lauer

The Folger has some really fantastic Bottoms. Seriously! Just look at these Bottoms!

Excerpt: 'Index, A History of the' by Dennis Duncan
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Excerpt: 'Index, A History of the' by Dennis Duncan

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While doing research in the Folger collection, Dennis Duncan encountered hundreds of indexes created by early modern readers. In this excerpt from his newly published book, “Index, A History of the,” Duncan describes the fascinating variety of reader indexes he…

A 16th-century love charm of frog bones
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A 16th-century love charm of frog bones

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In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, much of the comedic conflict derives from the application of the nectar of a magic flower. Under its influence, the queen of the fairies (Titania) becomes enamored of a donkey, and, through a bit…

Top Folger Finds on Instagram in 2021: Shakespeare books
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Top Folger Finds on Instagram in 2021: Shakespeare books

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Calling all book lovers! Some of our most popular #FolgerFinds posts on Instagram this year featured beautiful bindings of Shakespeare’s collected works or early editions of Shakespeare plays that may have slightly different plot elements than the versions we’ve come…

Miniature models of the Globe—with Folger connections
man with a scale model of the Globe Theatre
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Miniature models of the Globe—with Folger connections

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Morgan Ellison

There is a long tradition of attempting to reconstruct the 1599 Globe, the multi-level open-air playhouse where many of Shakespeare’s plays were first performed. It will always be difficult to determine various details about the 1599 Globe, which burned to…

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