Editing Folger Shakespeare Library (section)

====Printed books====
[[File:Folger Vault.jpg|thumb|250px|Rare books stored in the Folger's Vault]]

In all, the library collection includes more than 250,000 books, from the mid 15th century—when the [[printing press]] was invented—to the present day. In addition to its 82 [[First Folio]]s, 229 early modern quartos of [[Shakespeare's plays]] and [[William Shakespeare#poems|poems]] and 119 copies of the [[Second Folio|Second]], Third, and Fourth Folios, the Folger holds some 7,000 later editions of Shakespeare from the 18th century to present, in more than 70 different languages.<ref>"Folger Shakespeare Library", ''New Encyclopædia Britannica'', Chicago: Micropædia, 15th edition, 2007, Volume 4.</ref> Beyond its Shakespearean texts, the library's collection includes over 18,000 early English books printed before 1640 and another 29,000 printed between 1641 and 1700. The library holds 35,000 early modern books printed on the European continent, about 450 of which are [[incunabula]]. The topics of these texts vary widely, ranging across literature, politics, religion, technology, military history and tactics, medicine, and over 2,000 volumes on the Protestant [[Reformation]].<ref name="folger.edu"/>