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without the First Folio, half of Shakespeare's plays would have been lost
There are only a few private original copies of this work. In 2020, one sold for $9.9 million.<ref>https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/shakespeare-first-folio-sells-just-under-10-million#:~:text=Yesterday%2C%20a%20copy%20of%20Shakespeare's,writer%20in%20the%20English%20language</ref> The original print run was probably only Researchers think that there were probably about 750 copies, of which only 235 (many in libraries or museums) are known to survive.<ref name="F"/>
There are only a few private original copies of this work. In 2020, one sold for $9.9 million.<ref>https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/shakespeare-first-folio-sells-just-under-10-million#:~:text=Yesterday%2C%20a%20copy%20of%20Shakespeare's,writer%20in%20the%20English%20language</ref> The original print run was probably only Researchers think that there were probably about 750 copies, of which only 235 (many in libraries or museums) are known to survive.<ref name="F"/>
As reported by ''[[The Guardian]]'', which asserts that without the First Folio, half of [[Shakespeare]]'s plays would have been lost:
{{cquote|About 700 to 750 copies of the First Folio were produced. Some were bound with the skin of calf, sheep or goat, costing a sovereign, but most were left unbound. The target market was “discerning and wealthy theatregoers”, according to Coles.}}
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