I am told (says a: writer in i th» ''"Doily Nowb") that some littlo . comment in biblioGraphical circles has been caused by tho statement in-the "Frankfurter..Zeitung that Mr. John Burns hns paid .£IOOO for''a', second'-folio. Shakespeare. This' sum has rarely been; paid for seoond folios, which 'nro.not, quito Eu'cb rarities as tho German intorviower ecome 'to ■havo represented,-and the proper appraisement of tho one in Mr. Burns's possession oaii only to estimated by its condition. Durijig tho past year or two exatuplos liavn como tipfor atiction; and have been knocked dovm for comparatively triflinßsums. Thefirst'folio which Mr. Burns saw whilst at Stratford-on-Avon wos acquirod irom tho Ashlrarnham solo about a decade age' 'for'a 6uni well under J6M00," "■■■"■ ' .■''' : '
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 8
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117Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 8
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