The large illustrated edition of Shakespeare's complete works that Jean-Luc Picard keeps open in a display case in his ready room aboard the Enterprise-D throughout The Next Generation.
The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare is one of the few personal possessions Picard keeps on show in his ready room, where it lies open under glass beside the door. It reflects a devotion to the playwright that runs through the series, from his coaching of Data in Henry V to his quotations in moments of crisis.
The book plays a direct part in Hide and Q (2364). Q picks it up, mocks the captain's taste and quotes from it, and Picard answers him with Hamlet's speech on what a piece of work is man, spoken without irony as a statement of what humanity may become.
The volume remains a fixture of the set for all seven seasons, often open at a different page, and helps to establish Picard as a captain who reads.