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Greg Prickman

is the interim director of the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Folger's Eric Weinmann librarian and director of collections.
Announced in 1622: A book now known as the First Folio
Two children look at an open First Folio enclosed in a clear case.
Shakespeare and Beyond

Announced in 1622: A book now known as the First Folio

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Greg Prickman explains how news of the 1623 book we now call the  First Folio appeared a year earlier, on the occasion of a trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany.