Another copy of Shakespeare's First Folio has just been authenticated, and it can now be viewed by the public.
A goat-skin
bound 3-volume copy of Shakespeare's First Folio, one of the most sought-after and
most valuable books in the world, has been discovered at Mount Stuart House, one
of the world's most impressive neo-Gothic mansions, on the Scottish Isle of
Bute. The discovery comes ahead of the
400th anniversary of the playwright's death on April 23.
The First
Folio, published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death, brought
together 36 plays - 18 of which would otherwise not have been recorded. The First Folio ensured the
survival of plays such as Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, As You Like It
and The Tempest, which otherwise might
have been lost. The announcement of the
Scottish copy brings the number of known surviving First Folios to 234.
This
Scottish copy goes on public display at Mount Stuart House starting today, April 7, until
30 October. If you want to plan a trip,
look for the Isle of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, about 100 kilometers west of Glasgow. The Scottish island has a population of about
6,500.
For more
information, check out these articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/books/the-scottish-play-book-a-first-folio-discovery.html?_r=1
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