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microrobert
11-26-2014, 07:49 PM
Shakespeare First Folio discovered in French library

Shakespeare First Folio – one of only around 230 still in existence – found in French town library

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A Shakespeare First Folio has been discovered in a library in a small French town where it lay undiscovered for two centuries.

It is only the second known copy in France of a publication that is seen as one of the most valuable books in the English language and which can sell for millions on the rare occasions a copy comes up for auction.

The librarian in the northern town of Saint-Omer, near Calais, said he came across the book in September when he was selecting books for an upcoming exhibition on historic links between the local region and England.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/william-shakespeare/11252614/Shakespeare-First-Folio-discovered-in-French-library.html