Shakespeare folios part of huge gift to Princeton University

The BBC, 18 February 2015

The first six printed editions of the Bible and copies of Shakespeare’s first four folios are among a trove of rare books that have been bequeathed to Princeton University.

William Scheide, a philanthropist who died in November, donated more than 2,500 rare books to his alma mater.

The gift – valued at $300m (£194m) – is the university’s largest to date

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