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Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (1623)

Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is a collection of plays by William Shakespeare, commonly referred to by modern scholars as the First Folio , published in 1623, about seven years after Shakespeare's death. It is considered one of the most influential books ever published. P.S. Some old-fashioned spelling—and how some letters appear—may surprise you. Here's how the letters have changed: The letters now written as I and J were essentially the same letter. The name "Jonson" probably sounded much as it does today. But "Ben Jonson" was spelled Ben Ionson . The poem by Ben Jonson that faces the title page is signed with the letters B I. The letters U and V both existed, but were often used interchangeably, or according to different rules than they are today. So the word Love appears as Loue: "If Musicke be the food of Loue, play on." The letter s or S appeared in two different forms. In some cases, the letter looked like it does now. In others, it is a "long s," which looks something like the letter f.

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