First Folio of Shakespeare

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Shakespearean folio collected edition dramatic works collection early modern printed book

The First Folio of Shakespeare is the 1623 collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, regarded as the most authoritative early source for many of his works and a cornerstone of English literary history.

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Label	Occurrences
First Folio	21
First Folio of Shakespeare canonical	9
First Folio (1623)	3
First Folio of 1623	1
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies	1
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio)	1
Shakespeare First Folio editions	1
Shakespeare first folios	1
Shakespeare folios	1
Shakespeare's First Folio	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shakespearean folio ⓘ collected edition ⓘ dramatic works collection ⓘ early modern printed book ⓘ
approximateOriginalPrintRun	about 750 copies ⓘ
collectingStatus	highly valuable rare book ⓘ
compiler	King’s Men colleagues of Shakespeare ⓘ
containsWork	A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ surface form: A Midsummer Night’s Dream All’s Well That Ends Well ⓘ Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ As You Like It ⓘ Coriolanus ⓘ Cymbeline ⓘ Hamlet ⓘ Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ Henry V (play) ⓘ surface form: Henry V Henry VI, Part 1 ⓘ Henry VI, Part 2 ⓘ Henry VI, Part 3 ⓘ Henry VIII of England ⓘ surface form: Henry VIII Julius Caesar ⓘ King John of England ⓘ surface form: King John King Lear ⓘ Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ surface form: Love’s Labour’s Lost Macbeth ⓘ Measure for Measure ⓘ Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ Othello (play) ⓘ surface form: Othello King Richard II of England ⓘ surface form: Richard II Richard III of England ⓘ surface form: Richard III Romeo and Juliet ⓘ The Comedy of Errors ⓘ Timon of Athens ⓘ surface form: The Life of Timon of Athens The Merchant of Venice ⓘ The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ The Tempest ⓘ Macbeth ⓘ surface form: The Tragedy of Macbeth The Two Gentlemen of Verona ⓘ Winter’s Tale (opera) ⓘ surface form: The Winter’s Tale Timon of Athens ⓘ Titus Andronicus ⓘ Troilus and Cressida ⓘ Twelfth Night ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of England ⓘ
culturalSignificance	cornerstone of English literary history ⓘ
editor	Henry Condell ⓘ John Heminges ⓘ
followedBy	Second Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ
format	folio ⓘ
hasFrontispiece	engraved portrait of William Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout ⓘ
hasPhysicalMedium	paper ⓘ
includesDedicationTo	Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery ⓘ William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
includesGenre	comedy ⓘ history play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
includesPrefatoryMaterialBy	Ben Jonson ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
numberOfPlays	36 ⓘ
numberOfSurvivingCopies	around 230 ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
precededBy	quarto editions of individual plays ⓘ
primaryAuthor	William Shakespeare ⓘ
printer	Isaac Jaggard’s print shop ⓘ
printingTechnology	letterpress ⓘ
publicationCentury	17th century ⓘ
publicationYear	1623 ⓘ
publisher	Edward Blount ⓘ Isaac Jaggard ⓘ William Jaggard ⓘ
shortName	First Folio of Shakespeare self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Folio
subjectOf	Shakespearean textual scholarship ⓘ
textualStatus	most authoritative early source for many Shakespeare plays ⓘ
title	First Folio of Shakespeare self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies

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