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| Keywords: Giles E. Dawson 1938.jpg en 2 500 000 in rare books acquired for Folger Library Washington D C May 14 The Folger Shakespeare Library here will soon place on it's shelves 9 000 volumes once valued at 2 500 000 and containing 787 books by early English authors only one copy of each of which is known to exist The 9 000 books were printed in England up to the end of 1640 roughly from the reign of Henry the 8th to the Cromwell Revolt a period preceding and following Shakespeare They deal largely with historical and religious subjects The books were purchased from Lady Harmsworth widow of the collector by President Stanley King of Amherst College the trustees of which administer the Folger Library Dr Giles E Dawson reference librarian is checking over some of the volumes 5/14/38 http //www loc gov/pictures/item/hec2009011308/ __utma 37760702 731331238 1315335672 1315335672 1315335672 1 __utmb 37760702 3 9 1315335672 __utmc 37760702 __utmx - __utmz 37760702 1315335672 1 1 utmcsr lcweb2 loc gov 28referral 29 referral /cgi-bin/query/D __utmv - __utmk 32341244 Harris Ewing photographer 1938-05-14 PD-Harris-Ewing Giles E Dawson 1938 cropped jpg Folger Shakespeare Library Shakespearean scholars | ||||
