First Folio: Media

publication of Shakespeare’s plays

Videos

Examine the First Folio edition of William Shakespeare's plays and consider its allure for collectors and scholars
Learn about the First Folio edition (1623) of William Shakespeare's plays and its...
Video: Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library; CC-BY-SA 4.0 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Hear about the four states of the Martin Droeshout engraved portrait of William Shakespeare, first published with the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare's plays
A look at all four “states” of the Martin Droeshout engraved portrait of William...
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Images

Shakespeare's First Folio
Title page of the First Folio, the first published edition (1623) of the collected...
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First Folio
The First Folio, the first published edition (1623) of the collected works of William...
The Newberry Library, Louis H. Silver Collection, 1964 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
frontispiece of the First Folio
Frontispiece of the First Folio, the first published edition (1623) of the collected...
The Newberry Library, Louis H. Silver Collection, 1965 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)