The Folger holds around 160 quartos of Shakespeare's works that are considered canonical, and another 23 quartos of works that are related to the canonical works. Traditionally, "Shakespeare quartos" refers only to editions published before 1641. View images of quartos and learn more at the Shakespeare Quartos Archive.
The charts below are based on information gathered by Dr. Moira Goff of the British Library in October 2007, with updates to counts made by Folger staff in 2016.
NOTE: not all the quarto copies recorded are complete and perfect, some are fragments only
Key to abbreviations
- STC = Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.)
- Folger = Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC
- BL = British Library, London, England
- Hunt = Huntington Library, San Marino, California
- Bodley = Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Oxford, England
- Oxford Colls = other libraries at the colleges of Oxford University
- NLS = National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
- EUL = Edinburgh University Library, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Camb Trin = Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
- Other (UK) = other libraries in the UK
- Other (US) = other libraries in the US
Canonical Works
Hamlet
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 1 |
1603 |
22275 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
| 2 |
1604 |
22276 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
3
|
| 3 |
1605 |
22276a |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
3†
|
| 4 |
1611 |
22277 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
16
|
| 5 |
[1625] |
22278 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
5 |
15
|
| 6 |
1637 |
22279 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
17
|
† plus one copy in a European library = 4
Henry IV, Part 1
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 7 |
[1598] |
22279a |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
| 8 |
1598 |
22280 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
3
|
| 9 |
1599 |
22281 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
10
|
| 10 |
1604 |
22282 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
5
|
| 11 |
1608 |
22283 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
7
|
| 12 |
1613 |
22284 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
11
|
| 13 |
1622 |
22285 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
12
|
| 14 |
1632 |
22286 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
13
|
| 15 |
1639 |
22287 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
18
|
Henry IV, Part 2
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 16 |
1600 |
22288 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
9
|
| 17 |
1600 |
22288a |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
12
|
Henry V
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 18 |
1600 |
22289 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
6
|
| 19 |
1602 |
22290 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
3
|
| 20 |
1608 [1619] |
22291 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
25
|
King Lear
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 21 |
1608 |
22292 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
4 |
11
|
| 22 |
1608 [1619] |
22293 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
22
|
Love's Labor's Lost
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 23 |
1598 |
22294 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
12
|
| 24 |
1631 |
22295 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
18
|
Merchant of Venice
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 25 |
1600 |
22296 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
5 |
17
|
| 26 |
1600 [1619] |
22297 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
19
|
| 27 |
1637 |
22298 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
18
|
Merry Wives of Windsor
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 28 |
1602 |
22299 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
5
|
| 29 |
1619 |
22300 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
4 |
8 |
27
|
| 30 |
1630 |
22301 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
10
|
Midsummer Night's Dream
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 31 |
1600 |
22302 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
8
|
| 32 |
1600 [1619] |
22303 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
21
|
Much Ado About Nothing
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 33 |
1600 |
22304 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
13
|
Othello
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 34 |
1622 |
22305 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
14
|
| 35 |
1630 |
22306 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
19
|
Richard II
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 36 |
1597 |
22307 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
4
|
| 37 |
1598 |
22308 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
8
|
| 38 |
1598 |
22309 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
3
|
| 39 |
1608 |
22310 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
6
|
| 40 |
1608 |
22311 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
2
|
| 41 |
1615 |
22312 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
13
|
| 42 |
1634 |
22313 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
16^
|
^this total is correct despite what the ESTC record looks like: it's counting two at the Bodleian, but one of those records is for EEBO. As far as can be discerned from catalog records, there is only one physical copy at the Bodleian.
Richard III
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 43 |
1597 |
22314 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
5
|
| 44 |
1598 |
22315 |
|
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
7
|
| 45 |
1602 |
22316 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
4
|
| 46 |
1605 |
22317 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
7
|
| 47 |
1612 |
22318 |
2 |
1 (tp) |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
12
|
| 48 |
1622 |
22319 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
7
|
| 49 |
1629 |
22320 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
15
|
| 50 |
1634 |
22321 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
15
|
Romeo and Juliet
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 51 |
1597 |
22322 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
5
|
| 52 |
1599 |
22323 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
4 |
12
|
| 53 |
1609 |
22324 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
6
|
| 54 |
[1622] |
22325 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
3
|
| 55 |
[1622] |
22325a |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
8†
|
| 56 |
1637 |
22326 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
21
|
†plus one copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale = 9
Taming of the Shrew
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 57 |
1631 |
22327 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
16
|
Titus Andronicus
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 58 |
1594 |
22328 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
| 59 |
1600 |
22329 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
2
|
| 60 |
1611 |
22330 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
12
|
Troilus and Cressida
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 61 |
1609 |
22331 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
3
|
| 62 |
1609 |
22332 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
10
|
Pericles
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 63 |
1609 |
22334 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
9^
|
| 64 |
1609 |
22335 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
5†
|
| 65 |
1611 |
22336 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
4
|
| 66 |
1619 |
26101 |
16 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
39††
|
| 67 |
1630 |
22337 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
7
|
| 68 |
1630 |
22338 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
11
|
| 69 |
1635 |
22339 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
6 |
17
|
^despite the ESTC record, it appears that both the Bodleian and Shakespeare Birthplace Trust only have one copy each
†plus one copy in a European library = 6
††plus one copy in a New Zealand library = 40
Canonical Totals
|
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| Totals |
168 |
87 |
73 |
54 |
8 |
31 |
30 |
51 |
51 |
187 |
744
|
Related Works
Henry VI, Part 2
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 70 |
1594 |
26099 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
3
|
| 71 |
1600 |
26100 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
4
|
Henry VI, Parts 2 & 3
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 72 |
[1619] |
26101 |
16 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
39†
|
†plus one in a New Zealand library = 40
Henry VI, Part 3
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 73 |
1595 |
21006 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
| 74 |
1600 |
21006a |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
9
|
Two Nobel Kinsmen
|
Date |
STC No. |
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| 75 |
1634 |
11075 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
9 |
10 |
35
|
Related Works Totals
|
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| Totals |
26 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
13 |
24 |
92
|
Total Number
|
Folger |
BL |
Hunt |
Bodley |
Oxford Colls |
NLS |
EUL |
Camb Trin |
Other (UK) |
Other (US) |
Total
|
| Totals^ |
178 |
89 |
78 |
62 |
9 |
31 |
30 |
54 |
61 |
200 |
796
|
^STC26101 appears in both the canonical works (for Pericles) and in the related works (for Henry VI, Pts 2&3), so duplicate counts of this work have been removed from the final total.