Today in 1623, Edward Dering purchased two copies of William Shakespeare's First Folio.
This is the earliest recorded retail purchase of the collection of plays titled Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, which was entered on November 8, 1623, in the Stationers’ Register at The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, Ave Maria Lane, London.
Folio400 “aims to arrange, encourage and promote an array of shows to celebrate the 400th Birthday of The First Folio, the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays, in 2023.”