The most precious treasures of the Widener Memorial Room are on exhibition this week in the form of four first folios of William Shakespeare. The volumes, despite their age and early treatment are in excellent condition.

The interest in the exhibition lies especially in the first two follows. One of them belonged to the English poet, Frederick Locker, about 1623. There are less than 20 copies known to be in existence, and during the last few months two of these have been sold for $50,000 each. Harry Elkins Widener '07 purchased the copies of the Memorial Room collection at a Van Antwerp sale in London in 1907.

The second folio is dated 1632. It is open at the page which lists the names of the actors in Shakespeare's company of players. Among these names is that of the famous Richard Burbage for whom part of Macbeth was written. It is to two other members of the troupe that the world is indebted for having collected their leader's plays and published them in polio form. The other two folios on exhibition are dated 1664 and 1685.