TABLE of quarto Editions of Plays written by SHAKESPEARE.
I. Hamlet. 1605. J. R. for
N. L. (best Edit.) 2. 1611. for
John Smethwicke. 3. no date.
W. S. for Do. (ADD.) 4. 1637.
R. Young for Do.
II. Henry IV, 1st. p. 1598.
P. S. for Andrew Wise. (best
Edit. ADD.) 2. 1599. S. S.
for Do. 3. 1604. (DES.) 4.
1608. for Mathew Law.
(DES.) 5. 1613. W. W. for
Do. (ADD.) 6. 1622. T. P.
Sold by Do 7. 1632. John Norton.
Sold by William Sheares.
(ADD.) 8. 1639. John Norton.
Sold by Hugh Perry.
III. Henry IV, 2d. p. 1600.
V. S. for Andrew Wise, and
William Aspley. 2. 1600.
Do. (DES.) v. A. note
IV. Henry V. [1600. Thomas
Creede, for Tho. Millington,
and John Busby. 2.
1602. Thomas Creede, for
Thomas Pavier. (ADD.) 3.
1608. for T. P.]
V & VI. Henry VI. [1600.
Valentine Simmes for Thomas
Millington. (ADD. &
IMP.) 2. 1600. W. W. for
Tho. Millington. (*DES.) 3.
no date. for T. P.] v. B. note
VII. King John. [1591. for
Sampson Clarke. b. l. 2. 1611.
Valentine Simmes for John
Helme. 3. 1622. Aug: Mathewes for Thomas Dewe.] v. C. note
VIII. King Lear. 1608. for
Nathaniel Butter. (best Edit.)
2. 1608. for Do. (ADD. v.
D. note) 3. 1655. Jane Bell.
IX. Love's Labour's lost. 1598.
W. W. for Cutbert Burby.
(best Edit.) 2. 1631. W. S.
for John Smethwicke.
X. Merchant of Venice. 1600.
J. R. for Thomas Heyes.
(best Edit.) 2. 1600. J. Roberts.
3. 1637. M. P. for
Laurence Hayes. 4. 1652. for
William Leake. (ADD.)
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XI. Merry Wives of Windsor.
[1602. T. C. for Arthur
Johnson. 2. 1619. for
Do.] 3. 1630. T. H. for R.
Meighen. (a & s.)
XII. Midsummer Night's Dream.
1600. for Thomas Fisher.
(best Edit.) 2. 1600. James Roberts.
XIII. Much Ado about Nothing.
1600. V. S. for Andrew
Wise, and William Aspley.
(best Edit.)
XIV. Othello. 1622. N. O.
for Thomas Walkley. (a.)
2. no date. (Preface by Tho.
Walkely. *DES.) 3. 1630.
A. M. for Richard Hawkins.
(a) 4. 1655. for William
Leak. (ADD. a.)
XV. Richard II. 1597. Valentine
Simmes for Androw
Wise. (best Edit. ADD.) 2.
1598. Valentine Simmes for
Do. 3. 1608. W. W. for Mathew
Law. (DES.) 4. 1615.
for Do. 5. 1634. John Norton.
(a & s.)
XVI. Richard III. 1597. Valentine
Sims, for Andrew
Wise. (*DES.) 2. 1598. Thomas
Creede, for Do. 3. 1602.
Do. 4. 1612. Thomas Creede.
Sold by Mathew Lawe.
5. 1622. Thomas Purfoot.
Sold by Do. 6. 1629. John
Norton. Sold by Do. 7. 1634.
John Norton.
XVII. Romeo and Juliet.
[1597. John Danter.] 2. 1599. Thomas Creede, for
Cuthbert Burby. (DES.) 3.
1609. for John Smethwick.
(best Edit. ADD.) 4. no date.
for John Smethwicke. (ADD.)
5. 1637. R. Young for Do.
XVIII. Taming of the Shrew.
[1607 V. S. for Nich. Ling.
*DES.] 2. 1631. W. S. for
John Smethwicke.
XIX. Titus Andronicus. 1611.
for Eedward White.
(best Edit.)
XX. Troilus and Cressida.
1609. G. Eld for R. Bonian
and H. Whalley. (best
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Edit.) 2. no date. G. Eld for Do. (*DES.)
NOTES.
n. b.] ADD. signifies—additions, or copies added by the compiler;
(v. “Introduction,” p. 20.) IMP.—imperfect; and DES.—desideratum,
or wanting in his collection; and a star before DES. implies
—never seen by him: the notices of these are from the tables of
former editors.
Do, of Plays ascrib'd to him.
I. Arraignment of Paris. O. C.
1584. Henrie Marsh. (a & s.)
II. Birth of Merlin.** 1662.
Tho. Johnson for Francis
Kirkman, and Henry Marsh. (a.)
III. Edward III. O. C. 1596.
for Cuthbert Burby. 2 1599.
Simon Stafford, for Do.
IV. Fair Em. † 1631. for John Wright.
V. Locrine.* 1595. Thomas Creede. (a & s)
VI. London Prodigal.* 1605.
T. C. for Nathaniel Butter.
VII. Merry Devil of Edmonton.
&dagger2; 1608. Henry Ballard
for Arthur Johnson. 2. 1617.
G. Eld for Do. 3. 1626. A. M.
for Francis Falkner. 4. 1631.
T. P. for Do. 5. 1655. for
William Gilbertson.
VIII. Mucedorus. &dagger2; 1598. for William Jones. (DES.)
2. 1610. for Do. 3. 1615.
N. O. for Do. (DES.) 4 1639.
for John Wright. 5. no date.
for Francis Coles. 6. 1668.
E. O. for Do.
IX. Pericles.* 1609. for
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Henry Gosson. 2. 1619. for
T. P. 3. 1630. J. N. for
R. B. 4. 1635. Thomas Cotes.
X. Puritan.* 1607. G. Eld. (a.)
XI. Sir John Oldcastle.* 1600. for T. P.
XII. Thomas lord Cromwel.* 1613. Thomas Snodham.
XIII. Two noble Kinsmen**
1634. Tho. Cotes, for John
Waterson. (a & s.)
XIV. Yorkshire Tragedy.*
1619. for T. P.
NOTE.
The two plays, mark'd with double asterisks, are said in the title-page
to have been written, the first by Shakespeare and Rowley, the
other by Fletcher and Shakespeare: and the seven, with single asterisks,
are publish'd with his other plays in a folio edition printed in
1664, and in some editions since. O. C. signifies, old catalogues; in
some of which, these two plays are ascrib'd to Shakespeare: and the
remaining three, distinguish'd by crosses, are in a volume, now in
Mr. Garrick's possession, that did belong to king Charles the first,
which is titl'd upon the back, “Shakespear Vol. I:” and these
likewise are given to him by old catalogues, “Fair Em” excepted,
which is therefore differenc'd by having but one cross-bar. It may
be just observ'd too, that, to the plays mark'd—O. C. and with crosses,
there is no name of author, either in the title-page, or other
part: of the double asterisks, see the account above; and, for the single
ones, in the title-pages of “Locrine, Puritan, and Thomas lord
Cromwel,” are the initial letters, W. S, and, in the others, the name
at length.
Folio Editions.
I. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.
Published according to the True Originall Copies.
1623. fol. Isaac Jaggard, and Ed. Blount.
II. Do, 1632, fol. Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot.
III. Do, 1664, fol. for P. C.
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IV. Do, 1685, fol. for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and
R. Bentley.
Editions of his Poems.
I. Shakespeare's Poems. 1609. quarto. (*DES.)
II. Do, no date, octavo. for Bernard Lintott. (v. Note. note
)
III. Do, 1640, octavo. Tho. Cotes. Sold by John Benson.
IV. Passionate Pilgrim, poems by Do. 1599, octavo, small.
for W. Jaggard. Sold by W. Leake.
V. Rape of Lucrece, a poem. 1594, quarto. Richard Field,
for John Harrison. (DES.)
VI. Do, 1598, octavo. P. S. for Do.
VII. Do, 1607, octavo. N. O. for Do.
VIII. Venus and Adonis, a poem. 1620, octavo. for J. P.
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Edward Capell [1767], Mr William Shakespeare his comedies, histories, and tragedies, set out by himself in quarto, or by the Players his Fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those Editions in ten Volumes octavo; with an introduction: Whereunto will be added, in some other Volumes, notes, critical and explanatory, and a Body of Various Readings entire (Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson [etc.], London) [word count] [S10601].
