Excerpt from The Works of William Shakespeare: In Reduced Facsimil From the Famous First Folio Edition of 1623 <p>Purport of these observations, if we add a list of the plays in the order in which they are here printed, with observations on the relative author ities of the texts. It will, of course, be under stood that the mention of the circumstance of any drama in this volume being a first edition, con veys also the fact that it is the only authoritative text T lze T empest. First edition. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.