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Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies
Title page of the second folio (1632), this copy with a certificate of a censor for the Inquisition.
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
Cover artistMartin Droeshout
LanguageEarly Modern English
GenreEnglish Renaissance theatre
PublisherThomas Cotes
Publication date
1632
Publication placeEngland

The Second Folio is the 1632 edition of the collected plays of William Shakespeare. It follows the First Folio of 1623. Much language was updated in the Second Folio and there are almost 1,700 changes.

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