"How Much Does a First Folio Cost and How Much is That?"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo955/
Author:
	Smith, Emma.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2025
Publication Information:
	Journal of Early Modern Studies 14 (2025): 105–17.
DOI:
	http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/JEMS-2279-7149-16521
Annotation:
	Considers how to calculate historical costs and monetary equivalencies for book prices. Contends that thinking about early value of first folio needs to move beyond "supply-side explanation[s]." Traces provenance of copies of the first folio to "booklover[s]" who also owned slaves, showing overlap between "bibliophile Roxburgh club and anti-abolitionist interests."
Language:
	English
Tags:
	Printing History, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Textual and Bibliographical Studies
WSB Update:
	Winter 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo955