As Shakespeare liked it.

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      The article presents information related to the Folger Shakespeare Library, built by oilman Henry Clay Folger in Washington D.C. The walls are panelled in dark wood and stained glass windows filter light upon hushed readers and ancient tomes. But hidden in a supply room, shoved between a stepladder and a pile of toner cartridges, sits the Folger's great unheralded artefact. It changed the way people understand old books, and it might not exist were it not for dedicated astronomers, some borrowed children's toys and a few well-aimed beer cans.