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• Short-listed for Shortlisted for the DeLong History Book prize, granted by SHARP 2022 (United States)

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"""This is a magnificent contribution to bibliography that will be read enthusiastically by Shakespeare scholars and anyone working in the field of the history of the book, textual editing, and bibliography at the highest level. Zachary Lesser elegantly conveys the implications of his rigorous archival research, and the impression is-quite thrillingly-of a scholar rewriting in significant ways the history of a book that we thought we knew."" * Adam Smyth, Balliol College, Oxford University *"

This is a magnificent contribution to bibliography that will be read enthusiastically by Shakespeare scholars and anyone working in the field of the history of the book, textual editing, and bibliography at the highest level. Zachary Lesser elegantly conveys the implications of his rigorous archival research, and the impression is-quite thrillingly-of a scholar rewriting in significant ways the history of a book that we thought we knew. -Adam Smyth, Balliol College, Oxford University

"""Lesser’s investigation into collections of Jaggard Quartos is fascinating…This exciting, hands-on bibliography produces challenging new evidence about print, marketing, and Shakespeare’s reputation…[I]t is hard to imagine a better scholarly justification than Zachary Lesser’s terrific book for this deceptively simple method: looking, and looking again."" * Modern Philology * ""Zachary Lesser makes a significant contribution to various fields such as Shakespeare, bibliography, and the history of the book...Lesser’s volume is focused, a book about a book, 'an extended case study, with I hope broad implications, of one of the most important books in the history of Shakespeare studies.' For Lesser, the history of the Pavier Quartos can tell us a great deal and in ways that are not always readily apparent...Lesser asks us to look closely again at the evidence embedded in 'centuries of accreted history' and does so with great success. "" * Renaissance and Reformation * ""This book is a perfect illustration of what Lesser sees as the humanism of historically informed bibliography. Lesser’s book is also a compelling counter to the now prevalent idea that the reproduction of early modern books online, from the almost comprehensive Early English Books Online (EEBO) series through to the growing number of scans of Shakespeare quartos and folios, will circumvent the need to examine multiple individual copies of these books. The kind of close look required for this type of study necessitates the individual examination of dozens, if not hundreds, of examples, though this is also an enterprise requiring collaboration with rare book librarians and archivists. Ghosts, Holes, Rips and Scrapes is a model for this increasingly important work; it is a pleasure to read, and the appropriately high production values for the book, which is copiously illustrated in colour, enhance that pleasure."" * Parergon * ""This is a magnificent contribution to bibliography that will be read enthusiastically by Shakespeare scholars and anyone working in the field of the history of the book, textual editing, and bibliography at the highest level. Zachary Lesser elegantly conveys the implications of his rigorous archival research, and the impression is-quite thrillingly-of a scholar rewriting in significant ways the history of a book that we thought we knew."" * Adam Smyth, Balliol College, Oxford University *"

Lesser's investigation into collections of Jaggard Quartos is fascinating...This exciting, hands-on bibliography produces challenging new evidence about print, marketing, and Shakespeare's reputation...[I]t is hard to imagine a better scholarly justification than Zachary Lesser's terrific book for this deceptively simple method: looking, and looking again. * Modern Philology * Zachary Lesser makes a significant contribution to various fields such as Shakespeare, bibliography, and the history of the book...Lesser's volume is focused, a book about a book, 'an extended case study, with I hope broad implications, of one of the most important books in the history of Shakespeare studies.' For Lesser, the history of the Pavier Quartos can tell us a great deal and in ways that are not always readily apparent...Lesser asks us to look closely again at the evidence embedded in 'centuries of accreted history' and does so with great success. * Renaissance and Reformation * This book is a perfect illustration of what Lesser sees as the humanism of historically informed bibliography. Lesser's book is also a compelling counter to the now prevalent idea that the reproduction of early modern books online, from the almost comprehensive Early English Books Online (EEBO) series through to the growing number of scans of Shakespeare quartos and folios, will circumvent the need to examine multiple individual copies of these books. The kind of close look required for this type of study necessitates the individual examination of dozens, if not hundreds, of examples, though this is also an enterprise requiring collaboration with rare book librarians and archivists. Ghosts, Holes, Rips and Scrapes is a model for this increasingly important work; it is a pleasure to read, and the appropriately high production values for the book, which is copiously illustrated in colour, enhance that pleasure. * Parergon * This is a magnificent contribution to bibliography that will be read enthusiastically by Shakespeare scholars and anyone working in the field of the history of the book, textual editing, and bibliography at the highest level. Zachary Lesser elegantly conveys the implications of his rigorous archival research, and the impression is-quite thrillingly-of a scholar rewriting in significant ways the history of a book that we thought we knew. * Adam Smyth, Balliol College, Oxford University *

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Zachary Lesser is the Edward W. Kane Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and author of ""Hamlet"" After Q1: An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press

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