Miss Orlebar copy of the Pavier quartos

The Miss Orlebar copy of the Pavier quartos no longer exists as an intact volume. It hasn't been intact since some time before May 8, 1763, when Thomas Percy (1729-1811) recorded that King Lear had been removed. Two other plays had also been removed by that time: The Yorkshire Tragedy and Thomas Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness. The remaining plays were re-bound together in the 19th century, then separated and rebound individually at the Folger in 1963.

Original order of binding

Presumably, the original order of binding matched the order in the manuscript table of contents on the verso of the front flyleaf:

1. A Woman Killed with Kindness (current location unknown)
2. Henry V (now Folger STC 22291 copy 7)
3. Henry VI, Part 2, as the first part of The Whole Contention Between the Two Famous Houses, Lancaster and York...Divided into Two Parts (now the first part of Folger STC 26101 copy 2)
4. Henry VI, Part 3, as the second part of The Whole Contention Between the Two Famous Houses, Lancaster and York...Divided into Two Parts (now the second part of Folger STC 26101 copy 2)
5. The Merchant of Venice (now Folger STC 22303 copy 6)
6. King Lear (current location unknown)
7. A Midsummer Night's Dream (now Folger STC 22303 copy 6)
8. The Merry Wives of Windsor (now Folger STC 22300 copy 7)
9. Sir John Oldcastle (now Folger STC 18796 copy 3)
10. A Yorkshire Tragedy (current location unknown)
11. Pericles (now the third part of Folger STC 26101 copy 2)