Fun Facts about the First Folio

Fun Facts about the First Folio

1) The First Folio cost one pound (20 shillings) when it was published. A First Folio sold for $6.2 million in 2004.

2) Heminges and Condell, members of the Stationers Company, compiled the contents of the First Folio.

3) The First Folio includes all of the generally accepted plays of Shakespeare with the exception of Pericles, Prince of Tyre and The Two Noble Kinsmen, and the two lost plays, Cardenio and Love's Labour's Won.

4) The First Folio is one of the most valuable printed books in the world.

5) It is believed around 750 copies were printed. There are approximately 230 in existence today.

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