Shakespeare Folio Discovered in French Library

According to BBC, a rare Shakespeare First Folio has been uncovered in a library in Saint-Omer in Northern France.

Untouched for nearly 200 years, the book is missing various pages, incuding the title page librarian Remy Cordonnier recently said. A scant produced relic, only 800 are believed to have been made - with approximately 230 surviving since its first publication.

Per the report:

"The Folio collects 36 of Shakespeare's 38 known plays for the first time, and was originally printed in 1623, seven years after the playwright's death.

Edited by his friends and fellow actors John Heminges and Henry Condell, it is credited with being the reason his literary legacy survived. It is the only source for 18 of his plays, including Macbeth."

"I didn't instantly recognise it as a book of value," Cordonnier said. "It had been heavily used and was damaged. It had seen better days. It occurred to me that it could be an unidentified First Folio, with historic importance and great intellectual value."

Cordonnier insists he will not sell the Folio, but instead display it in an upcoming exhibition.