(Usually with the) the earliest collected edition of the plays of William Shakespeare, published as a single folio volume in 1623; an individual copy of this.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Lewis Theobald (d. 1744), literary editor and writer.
Definition of First Folio in US English:
First Folio
noun
(Usually with the) the earliest collected edition of the plays of William Shakespeare, published as a single folio volume in 1623; an individual copy of this.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Lewis Theobald (d. 1744), literary editor and writer.