![]() ![]() Shakespeare’s friends John Heminges and Henry Condel edited and printed the First Folio in 1623.Ī family in Scotland, the Gordons, bought this copy of the First Folio sometime in the 17th century, which likely makes it the only remaining copy with early Scottish provenance, according to Sotheby’s. Fewer than 20 copies are in the hands of private owners, which makes any First Folio auction a “major event,” says Richard Austin, Sotheby’s global head of books and manuscripts, in a statement. Today, only 235 known versions remain, the majority owned by libraries, museums, universities and other institutions. ![]() Historians believe that printers created around 750 copies of the First Folio in 1623, according to the Folger Shakespeare Library. The two men also helpfully organized Shakespeare’s work into categories such as comedy, history and tragedy, designations that scholars and directors still use today. Of the 36 plays included in the book, only half had already been printed elsewhere, according to the British Library. Without their efforts, 18 of Shakespeare’s plays, including Macbeth, The Tempest and Twelfth Night, may have been lost forever. When Shakespeare’s friends and fellow actors John Heminges and Henry Condel put together the First Folio in 1623, they did history a great service. Now, on July 7, Sotheby’s will auction a rare 399-year-old copy of the book, which is estimated to sell for $1.5 to $2.5 million. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies-contain critical early records of the Bard’s work. ![]() Seven years after William Shakespeare’s death in 1616, two of the playwright’s friends gathered, edited and printed 36 of his texts into large, expensive keepsake books known as the First Folio.īecause many of Shakespeare’s original manuscripts have been lost throughout history, the printed editions of the First Folio-formally titled Mr. ![]()
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