December 20, 2014
James Harriman Smith, « Some more about Saint Omer », A muse of fire, ID : 10670/1.r055w1
In late November 2014, a First Folio was discovered in the Bibliothèque d'Agglomeration Saint-Omer. I realise I'm a bit late to the party with a blog post on this extremely rare qnd exciting event, but, still,I hope what I have to say here about another of Saint-Omer's Shakespearean connections remains of interest. The municipal library at Saint-Omer's First Folio is believed to have come from the town's English Jesuit college. That college, founded in 1593, welcomed many prominent English Ca...