35+ Book The First Folio Of Shakespeare: 1623 Pictures. What did shakespeare look like? The original introduction to the first folio of shakespeare's plays 1623, with ben jonson's eulogy.

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The 1623 folio edition of shakespeare's plays, published seven years after he died, is an extraordinarily important authority in establishing the editors, john heminges and henry condell, shakespeare's long time colleagues in the king's acting company, had access to drafts and scripts of. The book contains the complete text of 36 of shakespeare's plays. About 235 copies of the book exist, but only a handful of complete versions are known to.

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The first folio is a facsimile edition of the original 1623 publication of the bard's works. The first folio is a facsimile edition of the original 1623 publication of the bard's works. The front cover of the first folio, as shown in the picture at the top of this page, displayed a copper engraved image of shakespeare by the engraver martin droeshout. After tracing the early printing of the books, she goes on to explain what we know about them today and how many copies are left available to us.