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Although 19 of Shakespeare's plays had been published in quarto before 1623, the First Folio is arguably the only reliable text for about 20 of the plays, and a valuable source text for many of those previously published.
Apr 21, 2023 · How many Folios have survived 400 years? Historians aren’t certain how many First Folios were printed in 1623, but they think the total was around 750. Now, at least 235 copies remain.
- Ellen Wexler
Eighteen of Shakespeare’s plays were printed in quartos (books about half the size of a modern magazine) both “good” and “bad” before the First Folio (a large-format book) was published in 1623. The bad quartos are defective editions, usually with badly garbled or missing text.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The First Folio is the first printed collection of William Shakespeare’s plays. It was produced in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death when his friends, John Heminges and Henry Condell, collected all his plays together, including ones which had never been published before.
The First Folio was the first folio ever published in England devoted exclusively to plays. Before 1623, about half of Shakespeare’s plays were published in quartos—small, one-play books made by folding sheets of paper twice, to create eight pages per sheet.
The "First Folio" was the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays. The printing of the First Folio in 1623 was a massive undertaking; it included thirty six plays, eighteen of which had never been published before*.
Dec 2, 2023 · Mr William Shakespeare 's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, now known as the First Folio, was published in 1623, seven years after his death. Its more expensive 900-page format implied that...
