Shakespeare’s Quartos

1591 Q1 The Troublesome Raigne of John, King of England, Part 1 (PDF)
(printed by Sampson Clarke)

1591 Q1 The Troublesome Raigne of John, King of England, Part 2 (PDF)
(printed by Sampson Clarke)

1593 Q1 Venus and Adonis (PDF)
The only known copy is in the Bodleian Library. (Registered April 18 at Stationer’s Hall) From the dedication, the first literary appearance of the poet “William Shakespeare.”
(printed by Richard Field for John Harrison, Q2 printed from Q1 by Richard Field for John Harrison) (Poems, xii)

1594 Q1 Lucrece (PDF) 
(Registered May 9 at Stationer’s Hall) The second literary appearance of William Shakespeare.

1594 Q1 Henry VI, Part 2 (PDF)
(published as The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster) (printed by Thomas Creede for Thomas Millington)

1594 Q1 Taming of a Shrew (PDF)
Source for folio version (printed by Peter Short)

1595 Q1 Locrine (PDF)
W. S. on title page. (printed by Thomas Creede)

1595 (?) Q3 Venus and Adonis
Actually octavo. Opening pages missing. (printed by Richard Field for John Harrison, Q4 printed from Q3) (Poems, xii)

1597 Q1 Romeo and Juliet (PDF)
(printed by John Danter)

1597 Q1 King Richard the Third (PDF)
(printed by Valentine Sims for Andrew Wise) (EKC I, 294)

1597 Q1 King Richard the Second (PDF)
(printed by Valentine Sims for Andrew Wise) (EKC I, 348)

1598 Q2 Lucrece
(printed from Q1 by Peter Short for John Harrison) (Poems xiii)

1598 Q1 Henry the Fourth, Part One (PDF)
(printed by P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise) (EKC I, 376)

1598 Q2 Richard the Third
William Shake-speare on title page. (printed by Thomas Creede for Andrew Wise) (EKC I, 294)

1598 Q1 Love’s Labour’s Lost (PDF)
W. Shakespere on title page. (printed by William White for Cutbert Burby) (EKC I, 331-332)

1598 Q3 Richard the Second
(printed from Q2 by Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wise) (EKC I, 348)

1598 Q1 Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth (PDF)
(printed by Thomas Creede)

1599 Q2 Henry the Fourth, Part One
W. Shake-speare on title page. (printed by Simon Staffort for Andrew Wise) (EKC I, 376)

1599 Q5 Venus and Adonis
(printed [by Peter Short] for William Leake) (Poems xii)

1599 Q6 Venus and Adonis
(printed by Richard Bradocke for William Leake) (Poems xii)

1599 Q2 The Passionate Pilgrime (PDF)
By W. Shakespeare.(Actually octavo. Q1 is composed of fragments without a title page.) (printed by Thomas Judson for William Jaggard) (EKC I, 547)

1599 Q2 Romeo and Juliet (PDF)
(printed by Thomas Creede for Cuthbert Burby)

1600 Q1 Henry VI, Part 3 (PDF)
(published as The True Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the death of good King Henrie the Sixt) (printed by W.W. for Thomas Millington)

1600 Q1 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed for Thomas Fisher) (EKC I, 356)

1600 Q1 The Merchant of Venice (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page (printed by James Roberts for Thomas Hayes) (EKC I, 368)

1600 Q2 The Merchant of Venice (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page (printed by James Roberts for Thomas Hayes)

1600 Q1 Henry the Fourth, Part Two (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley) (EKC I, 377-8, 384)

1600 Q1 Much Ado About Nothing (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley) (EKC I, 384)

1600 Q3-Q4 Lucrece
(printed by John Harrison II for John Harrison)(Poems xiii)

1600 Q1 Titus Andronicus (PDF)
(printed by I.R. for Edward White)

1600 Q1 Henry the Fifth (PDF)
(Bad Quarto, by Thomas Creede for Thomas Millington, not Thomas Pavier)

1602 Q3 of Richard the Third (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by Thomas Creede for Andrew Wise) (EKC I, 294)

1602 Q1 of The Merry Wives of Windsor (PDF) incomplete
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by Thomas Creede for Arthur Johnson) (EKC I, 426)

1602(?) Q7 Venus and Adonis
(printed; title page missing) (Poems, 3, 5, 376)

1603 Q1 of Hamlet (PDF)
Title Page William Shake-speare on title page. (printed by Valentine Simmes for Nicholas Ling and John Trundell) (EKC I, 408)

1604 Q3 Henry the Fourth, Part One
W. Shake-speare on title page. (printed by Valentine Simmes for Matthew Law) (EKC I, 376)

1604 Q2 of Hamlet (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by James Roberts for Nicholas Ling) (EKC I, 408)

1605 Q4 of Richard the Third
William Shake-speare on title page. (printed by Thomas Creede for Matthew Law) (EKC I, 295)

1605 Q1 The London Prodigal (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by Thomas Creede for Nathaniel Butter) (EKC I, 534)

1607 Q5 Lucrece
(printed by Nicholas Okes for John Harrison) (Poems, 111-3, 408)

1607-8 (?) Q8 Venus and Adonis
Falsely dated 1602 (printed [by Robert Raworth] for William Leake) (Poems, 3, 5, 376)

1608 Q1 King Lear  (PDF)
M. William Shak-speare (printed for Nathaniel Butter) (EKC I, 463)

1608 Q4 Richard the Second (PDF)
William Shake-speare on title page. (printed by William White for Matthew Law) (EKC I, 349)

1608 Q4 Henry the Fourth, Part One
W. Shake-speare on title page. (printed for Matthew Law) (EKC I, 376)

1608 Q1 A Yorkshire Tragedy (PDF)
William Shakspeare
on title page. (printed by R. Bradock for Thomas Pavier) (EKC I, 535)

1608-9 (?) Q9 Venus and Adonis
Falsely dated 1602 (printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for William Leake) (Poems, 3, 5, 376)

1609 Q1 Troilus and Cressida (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by G. Eld for R. Bonian and H. Walley) (EKC I, 438)

1609 Q1 Pericles (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by William White for Henry Gosson) (EKC I, 518)

1609 Q2 Pericles (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by William White for Henry Gosson) (EKC I, 518)

1609 Q1 Shake-speares Sonnets (PDF)
Shake-speares (printed by G. Eld for Thomas Thorpe) (EKC I, 556)

1611 Q3 Hamlet
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed for John Smethwick) (EKC I, 409)

1611 Q3 Pericles
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by Simon Stafford) (EKC I, 519)

1611-1637 Q4 Hamlet
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by William Stansby for John Smethwick) (EKC I, 409)

1612 Q5 Richard the Third
William Shake-speare on title page. (printed by Thomas Creede for Matthew Law) (EKC I, 295)

1612 Q3 The Passionate Pilgrime
(printed by W. Jaggard) (EKC I, 547)

1613 Q5 Henry the Fourth, Part One
W. Shake-speare on title page. (printed by William White for Matthew Law) (EKC I, 377)

1615 Q5 Richard the Second
William Shake-speare on title page. (printed for Matthew Law) (EKC I, 349)

1616 Q6 Lucrece
(printed by Thomas Snodham for Roger Jackson) (Poems, 111-3, 409)

1617 Q10 Venus and Adonis
(printed [by William Stansby] for William Barrett) (Poems, 3, 5, 377)

1619 Q2 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (PDF)
Falsely dated 1600 William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by James Roberts) (EKC I, 357)

1619 Q2 The Merchant of Venice
Falsely dated 1600 W. Shakespeare on title page. (printed by James Roberts for Thomas Hayes) (EKC I, 368)

1619 Q2 The Merry Wives of Windsor
W. Shakespeare on title page. (printed by William Jaggard for Arthur Johnson) (EKC I, 426)

1619 Q2 King Lear (PDF)
Falsely dated 1608 M. William Shake-speare on title page. (printed by William Jaggard for Nathaniel Butter) (EKC I, 464)

1619 Head Title Q2 King Lear
M. William Shake-speare (printed) (EKC I, 464)

1619 Q4 Pericles
W. Shakespeare on title page. (printed for Thomas Pavier) (EKC I, 519)

1619 Q2 A Yorkshire Tragedy
W. Shakespeare on title page. (printed for T. P.) (EKC I, 535)

1619 Q3 (Pavier quarto) Henry VI Parts 2 & 3
William Shakespeare, Gent. (printed) (EKC I, 279)

1619 Q2 Sir John Oldcastle (PDF)
Falsely dated 1600 William Shakespeare on title page. (printed for T. P.) (EKC I, 534)

1619 Q3 Henry the Fifth (PDF)
Falsely dated 1608 (Bad Quarto, printed for T. P.)

1620 Q11 Venus and Adonis
(printed [by Felix Kingston] for John Parker) (Poems, 3, 5, 377)

1622 Q6 Richard the Third (PDF)
William Shake-speare on title page. (printed by Thomas Purfoot for Matthew Law) (EKC I, 295)

1622 Q4 Romeo and Juliet  (PDF)
(printed for John Smethwick) (EKC I, 340)

1622 Q1 The Troublesom Raigne of King John
W. Shakespeare on title page. (printed by Aug. Mathewes for Thomas Dewe) (EKC I, 365)

1622 Q6 Henry the Fourth, Part One
W. Shake-speare on title page. (printed by Thomas Purfoot for Mathew Law) (EKC I, 377)

1622 Q1 Othello (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by Nicholas Okes for Thomas Walkley) (EKC I, 457)

1630 Q2 Othello (PDF)
(by A.M. for Richard Hawkins)

1634 Q5 Richard II (PDF)
William Shakespeare on title page. (printed by John Norton)