This digital collection contains items that were digitized for consideration in the physical exhibit As Good Luck Would Have It: The Rich Tradition of Shakespeare Scholarship in the Library, on the display at the J.D. Williams Library in the 2nd floor exhibit case from March-April 2016. While the digital collection and the physical exhibit included some overlap in items, there were materials in each that are unique to their individual collections.
Image from the collection: Juliet and the Nurse from Romeo and Juliet (undated), Bishop Collection
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Nurse and Infant from "As You Like It"
Author Unknown
Small mounted print with attached card with quotation
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Unidentified scenes from Shakespeare
Author Unknown
Includes mounted prints of varying sizes; some prints have annotated cards
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The Tempest (Selections)
William Shakespeare and Arthur Rackham
Selection of illustrations from Arthur Rackham's edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest
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Portfolio of Shakespereana
Author Unknown
Alternate title: Shakesperiana; Apparently intended to accompany an edition of Shakespeare. Most of the photographic reproductions also appear in The completeworks of William Shakespeare, edited by J. Ellis Burdick. New York : Current Literature, 1909
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Pvb. Ovidii Nasonis Opera, volume 1 (Title pages)
Ovid, Jakob Moltzer, Ercole Ciofani, and Daniel Heinsius
Selection from Ovid's work. Scholars surmise the author was another source of inspriation for Shakespeare; "cum integris Jacobi Micylli, Herculis Ciofani, et Danielis Heinsii notis, et Nicolai Heinsii curis secundis, et aliorum in singulas partes, partim integris, partim excerptis, adnotationibus, cura et studio Petri Burmanni, qui et suas in omne opus notas adiecit"
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Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, t. 1 (Selections)
Ovid and Thomas Corneille
Selection from Ovid's work. Scholars surmise the author was another source of inspriation for Shakespeare; "mises en vers francois par T. Corneille"
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Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, t. 3 (Selections)
Ovid and Thomas Corneille
Selection from Ovid's work. Scholars surmise the author was another source of inspriation for Shakespeare; "mises en vers francois par T. Corneille"
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The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (title page)
Plutarch and Thomas North
Title page from the 1676 edition of Sir Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Scholars surmise that earlier editions of North's translations influenced Shakespeare's work.
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The Life of Coriolanus (selections)
Plutarch and Thomas North
Section from Sir Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus. The story of Coriolanus, a highly successful and infamous Roman aristocratic general. William Shakespeare took inspiration from Plutarch's account and incorporated them into his own play, Coriolanus. Scholars surmise that earlier editions of North's translations influenced Shakespeare's work.
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The Life of Julius Caesar (selections)
Plutarch and Thomas North
Section from Sir Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Julius Caesar. William Shakespeare took inspiration from Plutarch's account and incorporated it into his own play, Julius Caesar. Scholars surmise that earlier editions of North's translations influenced Shakespeare's work.
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Pvb. Ovidii Nasonis Opera, volume 1 (Selection)
Ovid and Daniel Heinsius
Selection from Ovid's work. Scholars surmise the author was another source of inspriation for Shakespeare; "Daniel Heinsius textum recensuit"
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Archontorologion, or The Diall of Princes (title page)
Antonio de Guevara and Thomas North
"containing the golden and famous booke of Marcvs Avrelivs by Don Antonio of Guevara and translated out of French by Thomas North"; Another work translated by Sir Thomas North, earlier editions were widely known during Shakespeare's lifetime.
