In 1623, seven years after William Shakespeare's death, a compilation of 36 of his plays were published together in one volume. No more than 750 copies of this 'First Folio' were printed and today ...

Shakespeare's friendly rival Ben Jonson had previously published his own writings, poems included, in a folio. The 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare, however, is the earliest folio consisting only of an ...

Where to read this sonnet: Poetry Foundation. A Sotheby's employee handles a copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio, the most important book in ... [+] English Literature. The book is estimated ...

Among the several rare volumes now on display in the Widener Memorial Room is Shakespeare's First Folio, the most valuable ... the "Royal Book," printed by William Caxton, the first English ...

known to modern readers as William Shakespeare’s First Folio, owned by the Brandeis University Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections. Originally 750 First Folios were printed, ...

The illustrated book features edited versions of all 36 plays of William Shakespeare’s First Folio A children's edition of William Shakespeare's First Folio has been published to celebrate the ...

The next documented event in Shakespeare ... years of their marriage. The first collected edition of his works was published in 1623 and is known as 'the First Folio'.

Formally called Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, the First Folio is the book that preserved Shakespeare’s work for posterity, elevating the Bard to the status he ...

In a gorgeous children’s collection, “Shakespeare’s First Folio,” Macbeth and his ambitious ... demonstrate the ineffable elasticity of William Shakespeare’s work. Four centuries after ...

In 1623, Shakespeare’s plays were published together for the first time as a printed collection, known as the First Folio. To mark 400 years since the occasion, the Folio Society has published his ...