First Folio

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gptkbp:alternativeName Shakespeare_folio
gptkbp:auctionRecord sold for over $6 million in 2020
gptkbp:author gptkb:William_Shakespeare
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gptkbp:compiledBy gptkb:Henry_Condell
gptkb:John_Heminges
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Shakespeare's plays
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gptkbp:countryOfPublication gptkb:England
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Philip_Herbert
gptkb:William_Herbert
gptkb:Earl_of_Montgomery
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:dimensions approximately 13 inches by 8.5 inches
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Henry_Condell
gptkb:John_Heminges
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gptkb:Second_Folio_(1632)
gptkbp:format folio
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
drama
tragedy
history play
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Folio
gptkbp:influenced English literature
theater history
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:locationOfCopies gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:Bodleian_Library
gptkb:Folger_Shakespeare_Library
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gptkb:Folger_Shakespeare_Library_copy
preserving many of Shakespeare's plays that had not been previously printed
British Library copy
first appearance of 18 plays in print
omitting Pericles, Prince of Tyre
omitting The Two Noble Kinsmen
omitting several lost plays
preserving many of Shakespeare's plays
gptkbp:numberOfCopiesKnown 235
gptkbp:numberOfTracks 36
gptkbp:pages over 900
gptkbp:precededBy quarto editions of individual plays
quarto editions of Shakespeare's plays
gptkbp:publicationDate 1623
gptkbp:publicationYear 1623
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Edward_Blount
gptkb:Isaac_Jaggard
gptkb:William_Jaggard
gptkbp:significance first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays
First collected edition of Shakespeare's plays
gptkbp:subjectOf exhibitions
scholarly research
collecting
gptkbp:survivingWorks about 235
gptkbp:title gptkb:Mr._William_Shakespeares_Comedies,_Histories,_&_Tragedies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shakespeare
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4