The year of its 400th anniversary is a moment to think about the true value of one of the world's most expensive books Three years ago, a copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio exchanged hands for nearly $10m at Christie's, New York, becoming the most expensive work of literature ever sold at auction. What made the price all the more extraordinary was that this was not a unique artefact, like a medieval manuscript, but one of 233 known to have survived, from about 750 copies. The British Libr...
The Guardian view on Shakespeare's First Folio: the sum of its history | Editorial
The Guardian - 1 Sep 2023 19:25
The year of its 400th anniversary is a moment to think about the true value of one of the world's most expensive books Three years ago, a copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio exchanged hands for nearly $10m at Christie's, New York, becoming the most expensive work of literature ever sold at auction. What made the price all the more extraordinary was that this was not a unique artefact, like a medieval manuscript, but one of 233 known to have survived, from about 750 copies. The British Libr...
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