First Folio

The slipcase and three volumes of the Complete Plays
Folio Society Releases Limited Edition of Shakespeare's Complete Plays
September 26, 2023
The Folio Society is marking this year's 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s
Diary of David C. K. McClelland
The Long Lives of Very Old Books: Books as Historical Artifacts
September 12, 2023
Even when fielding everyday reference queries at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, I try not on
Shakespeare & Co. paianted storefront sign by Marie Monnier-Becat (1894–1976). Paris, ca. 1920.
Princeton Celebrates Shakespeare First Folio with Literature Exhibition
September 1, 2023
In honor of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623,
Extracted page from Register of entries of copies 1620-1645
Shakespeare First Folios Compared
August 14, 2023
The celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare
John Taylor, Verbum sempiternum (London: Thomas Ilive, 1693). Harry Ransom Center Book Collection.
Histories Behind Europe’s Earliest Printed Books Explained at Harry Ransom Center
August 1, 2023
To mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin will display all three cop
Frontispiece illustration to the first edition of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol
New Exhibition Looks at Giving Books as Gifts
June 2, 2023
The Bodleian Libraries' new Gifts and Books exhibition will explore the importance of giving and receiving books, asking what this apparently s
London Firsts book fair
Firsts London Highlights Preview
May 11, 2023
More than 100 international antiquarian dealers will descend on the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea for Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair, running this year May
First Folio Gallery, Shakespeare Exhibition Hall rendering
Folger to Display All 82 First Folios at November Reopening
April 28, 2023
The Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening its historic home on Capitol Hill to the public on November 17, 2023, after a major three-year building renovation t
First Folio at Christie's
Six Shakespeare First Folios on Show at Christie's
April 25, 2023
Christie’s is celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio with a landmark non-selling exhibition, Shakespeare’s First Folio:
Emma Smith and The Making of Shakespeare's First Folio
The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio
April 21, 2023
This weekend there will be so many copies of Shakespeare’s