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It is believed that 750 copies of the First Folio were published in the 17th century of which only 235 copies still exist and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. It was compiled by William Shakespeare's colleagues John Heminges and Henry Condell back in 1623, the actors that performed his plays on stage during his lifetime.

If you are not familiar with what the First Folio is, the First Folio is considered to be the very first published collection of Shakespeare's plays. If Shakespeare is not out of your depth you mean Shakespeare's Plays or Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies by William Shakespeare but the First Folio is definitely out of the depth of your pocket. Shakespeare, you said, William Shakespeare, and you are claiming, that you are not kidding. Shakespeare's Plays or Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies by William Shakespeare is the First FolioĪs a graduate with a degree in literature, a professional journalist and published author of several New York Times Best Sellers I know good literature and I mean real literature.