First Folio, 1623

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gptkbp:auctionRecord sold for £2.5 million in 2020
gptkbp:binds varies by copy
gptkbp:compiledBy Shakespeare's fellow actors
gptkbp:contains 18 plays not previously printed
gptkbp:containsWorkBy Shakespeare's plays
gptkbp:countryOfPublication gptkb:England
gptkb:London
gptkbp:coverArtist Martin Droeshout
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Philip_Herbert,_1st_Earl_of_Montgomery
gptkb:William_Herbert,_3rd_Earl_of_Pembroke
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Henry_Condell
gptkb:John_Heminges
gptkbp:followedBy Second Folio, 1632
gptkbp:format folio
gptkbp:frontispiece engraving of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:Mr._William_Shakespeares_Comedies,_Histories,_&_Tragedies
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
drama
history
tragedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Folio, 1623
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:print
gptkbp:missingPlays gptkb:Cardenio
gptkb:Pericles,_Prince_of_Tyre
gptkb:The_Two_Noble_Kinsmen
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Bodleian_Library_copy
gptkb:Folger_Shakespeare_Library_copy
first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays
British Library copy
preserving Shakespeare's texts
gptkbp:numberOfSurvivingCopies 235
gptkbp:numberOfTracks 36
gptkbp:OCLC 458013447
gptkbp:pages approximately 900
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Quarto_editions_of_Shakespeare's_plays
gptkbp:publicationYear 1623
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Edward_Blount
gptkb:William_Jaggard
gptkbp:significance primary source for many of Shakespeare's plays
gptkbp:subject gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Shakespeare's_Richard_III
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7