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The Pavier quartos, also known as the "False folio," are a group of plays printed in quarto format by William Jaggard for Thomas Pavier in 1619, though some bear earlier false dates. They were sold singly, but also as a bound-together set, hence the nickname "False folio"---the bound-together version has been seen as an attempt at a one-volume edition of Shakespeare's collected plays, preceding the the "First Folio" of 1623. At the time, all were thought to be by Shakespeare. The Folger collection includes one bound-together set in its original binding, the [[Edward Gwynn copy of the Pavier quartos|the Edward Gwynn copy]]), which is often referred to in-house simply (but confusingly) as "The Pavier Quartos."
The Pavier quartos, also known as the "False folio," are a group of plays printed in quarto format by William Jaggard for Thomas Pavier in 1619, though some bear earlier false dates. They were sold singly, but also as a bound-together set, hence the nickname "False folio"---the bound-together version has been seen as an attempt at a one-volume edition of Shakespeare's collected plays, preceding the the "First Folio" of 1623. At the time, all were thought to be by Shakespeare. The Folger collection includes one bound-together set in its original binding, the [[Edward Gwynn copy of the Pavier quartos| Edward Gwynn copy]]), which is sometimes referred to in-house as "The Pavier Quartos" despite the Folger actually having many instances of each of the Pavier quartos.


There is no standard order for the bound-together versions, so the plays are listed in here by "STC number", the number assigned in A.W. Pollard, ''A Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640'' (2nd ed.)  
There is no standard order for the bound-together versions, so the plays are listed in here by "STC number", the number assigned in A.W. Pollard, ''A Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640'' (2nd ed.)  

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The Pavier quartos, also known as the "False folio," are a group of plays printed in quarto format by William Jaggard for Thomas Pavier in 1619, though some bear earlier false dates. They were sold singly, but also as a bound-together set, hence the nickname "False folio"---the bound-together version has been seen as an attempt at a one-volume edition of Shakespeare's collected plays, preceding the the "First Folio" of 1623. At the time, all were thought to be by Shakespeare. The Folger collection includes one bound-together set in its original binding, the Edward Gwynn copy), which is sometimes referred to in-house as "The Pavier Quartos" despite the Folger actually having many instances of each of the Pavier quartos.

There is no standard order for the bound-together versions, so the plays are listed in here by "STC number", the number assigned in A.W. Pollard, A Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.)

  • Sir John Oldcastle (STC 18796; not actually by Shakespeare)
Folger has 7 copies plus a fragment (Hamnet record)
  • Henry V (STC 22291)
Folger has 7 copies (Hamnet record)
  • King Lear (STC 22293)
Folger has 6 copies (Hamnet record)
  • The Merchant of Venice (STC 22297)
Folger has 4 copies (Hamnet record)
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor (STC 22300)
Folger has 7 copies plus a fragment (Hamnet record)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (STC 22303)
Folger has 7 copies (Hamnet record)
  • A Yorkshire Tragedy (STC 22341, not actually by Shakespeare)
Folger has 6 copies (Hamnet record)
  • Henry VI, Part 2 (first part of STC 26101, as the first part of The Whole Contention Between the Two Famous Houses, Lancaster and York...Divided into Two Parts)
  • Henry VI, Part 3 (second part of STC 26101, as the second part of The Whole Contention Between the Two Famous Houses, Lancaster and York...Divided into Two Parts)
  • Pericles (third part of STC 26101, in continuous register with The Whole Contention Between the Two Famous Houses, Lancaster and York...Divided into Two Parts but a separate title page)
Folger has 3 complete copies; 5 copies containing only Henry VI, Part 2 and Henry VI, Part 3; 1 copy containing only Henry VI, Part 1; 2 copies containing only Henry VI, Part 2; and five copies containing only Pericles (Hamnet record)