![]() ![]() One of the reasons it is impossible to estimate the value of UCI Libraries’ volume is because each copy of the book is unique.Īndrea Mays, professor of economics at California State University, Long Beach, author of The Millionaire and the Bard, and frequent guest speaker at UCI Libraries, explains that the First Folio’s pages were printed slowly and carefully between 16. However, another copy of the First Folio sold for nearly $10 million in 2020, making it the most expensive piece of literature ever auctioned. The exact value of the UCI Libraries copy today is unknown. Known as the father of CAD/CAM (computer-aided design and manufacturing), Hanratty purchased the book in 1983 from Heritage Bookshop for $241,000.Īt the time, then UCI Chancellor Jack Peltason referred to the First Folio as “a treasure for generations.” Still the crowning gem in UCI Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives, the volume continues to be shared with UCI students, faculty, and the surrounding community. ![]() ![]() It was donated by Patrick Hanratty (PhD ’76), a UCI alumnus and computer scientist and inventor. In December 1986, UCI Libraries was fortunate to acquire its own copy of the First Folio. Although it had an original print run of around 750 copies, only 235 copies (that we know of) survive today. Without the First Folio, 18 of Shakespeare’s most popular plays would have been lost to audiences, including Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew, and Twelfth Night.Įdited and published by John Heminges and Henry Condell, two of Shakespeare’s fellow actors and partners in the Globe Theatre, the 900-page volume is now considered one of the most valuable printed books in the world. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies was the first compilation of his plays, half of which had never been published before. Published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death, Mr. ![]()
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