400-Year-Old First Edition Shakespeare Text Goes On Display

A first edition of a Shakespeare text dating from 1623 has been put on display in the Guildhall Library in London.

The book was published just seven years after the writer’s death and contains all of his plays. Actors John Heminge and Henry Condell compiled the book as a tribute to Shakespeare’s work.

There were around 750 copies of this particular edition printed, with it being sold at the time for amounts ranging between 15 shillings and one pound. The folio edition belonging to the Guildhall ...