In November 1623, seven years after William Shakespeare had died at his home in Stratford-upon-Avon, a book containing 36 of his plays was published in London. The book was a large folio (a format with pages about as wide as those of a modern encyclopedia, but two or three inches taller). Nothing quite like it had ever been published in folio before.
The First Folio of 1623 was not only the first collected edition of Shakespeare--it was the first folio book ever published in England that was devoted exclusively to plays.
One of Shakespeare's First Folio's will be on display from June 23rd till October 15th in Special Collections. We will be open from 1l:00 am until 7:00 pm. Come see this wonderful exhibit!
