Quotes by Peter Selley

“The First Folio preserves 18 of his plays, including some of the most major, which otherwise would have been lost for all time.”

“Relatively complete copies of the Folio in contemporary or near contemporary bindings very rarely come to the market. This sale will be a truly exceptional event.”

“William Shakespeare has had an impact on the artistic imagination, on language, literature and all the performing arts, more profound and more widespread than any other writer who has ever lived.”

“This sale will be a truly exceptional event. With the exception of the great spiritual leaders, his influence on Western culture is more profound than any individual who has lived.”

“The First Folio preserves 18 of his plays, which otherwise would have been lost for all time. Relatively complete copies of the Folio in contemporary or near contemporary bindings very rarely come to the market.”

“This book has been called indisputably the most important book in English literature and the most important secular book of all time.”

“Without this edition, eighteen of Shakespeares plays including some of his most famous like Macbeth, The Tempest and other plays would have been lost for all time. Its the only surviving source for eighteen of Shakespeares plays. With regard to this particular copy of the first folio, its remarkable because its preserved in its original seventeenth century binding. Theres no other copy in the world in private hands preserved in a seventeenth century binding complete with all its text leaves.”