Excerpt from Catalogue of an Exhibition Illustrative of the Text of Shakespeare's Plays: As Published in Edited Together With a Large Collection of Engraved Portraits of the Poet; New York; The Grolier Club; April 6-29, 1916<br><br>The Stratford Bust and the Droeshout Print, issued on the title-page of the First Folio, 1623, must ever remain the only portraits of Shake speare which have practically the endorsement of his contemporaries. Many others have been brought forward and have had their advocates. Engravings of many types and varieties are here exhibited, and it is believed that never before have so many engraved portraits of Shakespeare (over four hundred) been brought together.<br><br>As is usual, the members of the Club have furnished most of the articles here exhibited, with the exception of several volumes of impor tance kindly contributed by the Library of Co lumbia University, acknowledgment of which is gratefully made.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.