Shakespeare Quartos at the Folger

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


Pre-1641 Quarto Editions of Shakespeare recorded in the English Short-Title Catalogue, as of October 2007.

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

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 4
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 1 2 11
15 1639 22287 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 17

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 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 3 4 16
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