Title Page, Shakespeare First Folio, 1623
Picture taken in June, 2011 at an exhibition of Shakespeare First Folios at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC. The "First Folio" is the first collected edition of William Shakespeare's plays. It earned its iconic status because it contains the plays of an author widely regarded as the world's greatest playwright and because it is the first edition and sole source for half of those plays. This copy was a posthumous gift from the printer William Jaggard to his friend Augustine Vincent, a herald in the College of Arms.
Title Page, Shakespeare First Folio, 1623
Picture taken in June, 2011 at an exhibition of Shakespeare First Folios at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC. The "First Folio" is the first collected edition of William Shakespeare's plays. It earned its iconic status because it contains the plays of an author widely regarded as the world's greatest playwright and because it is the first edition and sole source for half of those plays. This copy was a posthumous gift from the printer William Jaggard to his friend Augustine Vincent, a herald in the College of Arms.