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Which library holds the world's biggest collection of Shakespearean First Folios?

Question #151198. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Jun 02 2024.
Originally posted Jun 02 2024 8:21 PM.

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The Folger Shakespeare Library. 82 of the 235 known folios are at the Folger Library. One might expect such a prestigious library would be in London or perhaps Oxford, but instead, it is in Washington DC on Capitol Hill.
Standard Oil of New York executive Henry Clay Folger, a graduate of Amherst College and Columbia University, was an avid collector of Shakespeareana, beginning in 1889 with the purchase of a 1685 Fourth Folio. Toward the end of World War I, he and his wife Emily Jordan Folger began searching for a location for a Shakespeare library based on their collection. They chose a location adjacent to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The land was then occupied by townhouses, and Folger spent several years buying the separate lots. The site was designated for expansion by the Library of Congress, but in 1928, Congress passed a resolution allowing its use for Folger's project.

link https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeare-in-print/about-the-folger-first-folios/
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folger_Shakespeare_Library

Response last updated by BigTriviaDawg on Jun 02 2024.
Jun 02 2024, 8:22 PM
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