Shakespeare First Folio found in French library

The book – one of only 230 believed to still exist - had lain undisturbed in library at Saint-Omer for 200 years

• Kim Willsher in Paris - The Guardian, Tuesday 25 November 2014 
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Although the book, originally believed to contain 300 pages, has around 30 pages missing and no title page, it will still be the centrepiece of the French library’s exhibition next summer. Photograph: Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images

A rare and valuable William Shakespeare First Folio has been discovered in a provincial town in France.
The book – one of only 230 believed to still exist - had lain undisturbed in the library at Saint-Omer in the north of France for 200 years.

Medieval literature expert Rémy Cordonnier was searching for books to use in a planned exhibition of “Anglo-Saxon” authors when he stumbled across the 1623 tome in September.
Cordonnier, a librarian, said that at first he had no idea that the battered book in his hands was a treasure.
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Footnote:
C.K.Stead tells me we have one here in Auckland, in the Grey Collection.