In the 17th century, the Bard's plays were preserved for posterity in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios. Now, all ...

A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to $6 million at auction ...

The sale marks the first time since 1989 that the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works appear at auction as a single lot.

After Shakespeare’s death in 1616 ... Without the book, scholars say, plays including “Macbeth,” “The Tempest” and “Twelfth Night” might have been lost. Sotheby’s called the ...