Shakespeare Quartos at the Folger: Difference between revisions

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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. This only considers quartos that were published before 1641. Grateful thanks goes to Dr. Moira Goff, of the British Library, for the research and compilation of statistics.

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

Pre-1641 Quarto Editions of Shakespeare recorded in the English Short-Title Catalogue, as of October 2007. Quarto counts updated in 2016 by Folger Staff.

NOTE: not all the quarto copies recorded are complete and perfect, some are fragments only

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	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	2	5	21

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		4	18

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			2	1		3	13
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	3	6	24
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	4	18

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		4	12
42	1634	22313	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1		5	16

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	222317	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			2			3	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	4	9
56	1637	22326	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	20

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	NLS	EUL	Camb Trin	Other (US)	Total
58	1594	22328	1								1
59	1600	22329			1			2			3
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	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	1	6†
65	1611	22336	1	1							2	4
66	1619	26101	8	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	22
67	1630	22337	1	1				1		1	3	7
68	1630	22338	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		3	10
69	1635	22339	5	1	1	1	1	1	1		5	16

†plus one copy in a European library = 7

Canonical Totals

	Folger	BL	Hunt	Bodley	Oxford Colls	NLS	EUL	Camb Trin	Other (UK)	Other (US)	Total
Totals	160	87	73	54	7	29	33	50	44	167	704

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	13	2	2	1		2	1	1	2	5	27†

†plus one in a New Zealand library = 28

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	3	1	1	1			1	7	6	27

Related Works Totals

	Folger	BL	Hunt	Bodley	Oxford Colls	NLS	EUL	Camb Trin	Other (UK)	Other (US)	Total
Totals	23	6	7	6	1	2	1	3	9	15	73

Total Number

	Folger	BL	Hunt	Bodley	Oxford Colls	NLS	EUL	Camb Trin	Other (UK)	Other (US)	Total
Totals	183	93	80	60	8	31	34	53	53	182	777

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