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Shakespeare and Precious Stones - Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Sto by George Frederick Kunz
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It was probably more than a coincidence that Shakespeare's first
printed book, "Venus and Adonis", was published, in 1593, by a
fellow-townsman, Richard Field, who had come up to London from
Stratford when a mere boy. Undoubtedly, when Shakespeare met him in
the bustle of city life, the common memories of their quieter native
town served at once as an introduction and as a link between them.
Field also published Shakespeare's "Lucrece" in the year 1594. He had
been a freeman of the Stationers' Company from February 6, 1587, and
died either in the year the First Folio was issued, or in the
succeeding year, 1624.

[Illustration: Printer's mark of Richard Field, as shown on the
title-page of the first edition of Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis",
1593, the unique copy of which is in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. A
hand emerging from a cloud upholds the "Anchor of Hope", about which
are twined two laurel branches.]