Rediscovered copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio heads to auction
A previously unrecorded copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio has emerged at Christie’s. Estimated at £800,000-1.2m, it will lead a specially-staged auction in May comprising just four lots – a copy of each of the first four Shakespeare folios.
Published in 1623, the example of Shakespeare’s First Folio was bought in c.1800 by Sir George Augus…