Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies contains an astonishing total of 36 of Shakespeare’s plays, including several works that might otherwise have been lost forever were they not compiled herein: Macbeth, The Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, and Julius Caesar.
The Folio, which ultimately sold for an incredible $9,978,000, was purchased by Stephan Loewentheil, the president of Brooklyn’s 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop. The folio in question is a copy of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, first published in 1623 by Shakespeare’s friends John Heminge and Henry Condell, and it was published posthumously in order to commemorate the Bard’s eternally brilliant work.
On Wednesday, Christie’s announced the sale of the elusive “First Folio” by William Shakespeare, establishing a new world auction record for any work of literature. William Shakespeare’s First Folio on display on Januat Christie’s in London, England.
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