1853 Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays From Early Manuscript Corrections in A Copy of the Folio, 1632, In the Possession of J. Payne Collier, Esq., F.S.A. Forming A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Shakespeare by the Same Editor

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The second edition, revised and enlarged. Collier produced (1852) the famous Perkins Folio, a copy of the Second Folio (1632), so called from a name written on the title-page. In this book were numerous manuscript emendations of Shakespeare, said by Collier to be from the hand of "an old corrector." He published these corrections as Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare (1852) and boldly incorporated them in his next edition (1853) of Shakespeare. King Charles I owned a copy of the Second Folio, which became part of the library of Windsor Castle; Charles II's copy is in the British Museum. The so-called Perkins Folio, which John Payne Collier used for his forged emendations of Shakespeare's text, was a copy of the Second Folio.