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.

Aliases (3)

First Folio ×4
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies ×1
Shakespeare folios ×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 → 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 → Henry VI, Part 1 → Henry VI, Part 2 → Henry VI, Part 3 → Henry VIII NERFINISHED → Julius Caesar → King John NERFINISHED → King Lear → Love’s Labour’s Lost → Macbeth → Measure for Measure → Much Ado About Nothing → Othello → Richard II → Richard III → Romeo and Juliet → The Comedy of Errors → The Life of Timon of Athens → The Merchant of Venice → The Merry Wives of Windsor → The Taming of the Shrew → The Tempest → The Tragedy of Macbeth → The Two Gentlemen of Verona → 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 →
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 NERFINISHED → Isaac Jaggard → William Jaggard →
shortName	First Folio →
subjectOf	Shakespearean textual scholarship →
textualStatus	most authoritative early source for many Shakespeare plays →
title	Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Shakespeare quartos ("Shakespeare folios") →	comparedWith
The Tempest ("First Folio") →	firstPublisher
Folger Shakespeare Library →	hasCollectionItem
William Shakespeare ("First Folio") →	hasPart
Henry IV, Part 1 ("First Folio") →	includedIn
Shakespeare quartos →	relatedTo
First Folio of Shakespeare ("First Folio") →	shortName
First Folio of Shakespeare ("Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies") →	title