First printed in 1623, the First Folio presents thirty-six of Shakespeare's plays in one volume and is the only source for eighteen of his plays. Without it, works such as The Tempest, Twelfth Night and Macbeth would be lost. Of the 750 copies originally produced, only 200 remain today. Published in association with the British Library on the 400th anniversary of the first publication, this handsome facsimile edition is the cleanest expression of an original from the library's collection.