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 |
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 |
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
|
^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
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
|
| 69 |
1594 |
26099 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
3
|
| 70 |
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
|
| 71 |
[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
|
| 72 |
1595 |
21006 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
| 73 |
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
|