How the Soon-to-Reopen Folger Shakespeare Library Came to Be: A full 82 copies of Shakespeare's First Folio will go on view as the renovated Washington, D.C. institution makes its debut.

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      SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; FOLGER Shakespeare Library; ENGRAVING; LIBRARIES; SMALL business; EPIPHANY; ENDANGERED species
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    • Abstract:
      The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. is reopening after a renovation and expansion, and it will be displaying 82 copies of Shakespeare's First Folio, the earliest published collection of his plays. Henry Clay Folger Jr., the library's founder, began collecting rare books after purchasing a Fourth Folio in 1889. Over the years, he and his wife, Emily, amassed an impressive collection of Shakespearean materials, leading them to establish the Folger Shakespeare Library in 1932. The library's new exhibitions offer visitors both digital and analog ways to explore Shakespeare's works. [Extracted from the article]