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…

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