Title page from The First part of King Henry the Sixt (facs. 1st Folio 1623)

Part of: Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies (facs. 1st Folio 1623) The First part of King Henry the Sixt (facs. 1st Folio 1623)

Shakespeare’s three plays about Henry VI trace the tumultuous years of the Wars of the Roses, as the houses of York (whose symbol was a white rose) and Lancaster (symbolized by a red rose) battled for the crown of England. This is a facsimile edition of the play from the First Folio edition of 1623.