In 2012, Eric Rasmussen continued the First Folio census work done by Anthony West and travelled the world to create the most exhaustive catalog known. The result was "The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue" containing the 232 known copies in existence.


UNITED KINGDOM & REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Arundel, West Sussex
*1 Duke of Norfolk, Arundel Castle

Birmingham
2 Birmingham Shakespeare Library

Cambridge
3 King's College
4 Trinity College
5 Trinity College
6 Cambridge University Library

Durham
7 University of Durham

Edinburgh
*8 Private collection, on deposit with National Library of Scotland
9 National Library of Scotland

Eton
10 Eton College

Glasgow
11 Glasgow University

Leeds
12 Leeds University

London
13 British Library
14 British Library
15 British Library
16 British Library
17 British Library
18 Dulwich College
19 Guildhall
20 Reform Club
21 Sir John Soane's Museum
22 University of London Library
23 University of London Library
24 Victoria and Albert Museum
25 Victoria and Albert Museum
26 Victoria and Albert Museum
*27 See after 188
*28 Private Owner

Longleat House, Wiltshire
*29 The Marquess of Bath

Manchester
30 John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester

Oxford
31 Bodleian Library
32 Bodleian Library
34 Queen's College
35 Wadham College

Skipton, North Yorkshire
222 Craven Museum and Gallery

Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire
*33 Mark Getty

Stonyhurst, Lancashire
36 Stonyhurst College

Stratford-upon-Avon
37 The Shakespeare Centre
38 The Shakespeare Centre
39 The Shakespeare Centre

England
*40 Marquess of Northampton

Winchester
41 Winchester College

Windsor
42 Windsor Castle

England
*43 Private Owner
*44 See before 57
*189 Private Owner
*220 Private Owner
*225 Private Trust
*229 Private Owner
*230 Private Owner

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Dublin
45 Trinity College, University of Dublin

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & CANADA

California
Berkeley
46 University of California

Irvine
47 University of California

Los Angeles
48 Loyola Marymount University
49 University of California

Oakland
50 Mills College

San Francisco
51 Sutro Library
52 Sutro Library

San Marino
53 Huntington Library
54 Huntington Library
55 Huntington Library
56 Huntington Library

Colorado
*231 Private Owner

Connecticut
*44 Private Owner

Middletown
57 Wesleyan University

New Haven
58 Elizabethan Club, Yale University
232 Yale University

District of Columbia
The Folger Shakespeare Library
59 Folger 1
6o Folger 2
6I Folger 3
62 Folger 4
63 Folger 5
64 Folger 6
65 Folger 7
66 Folger 8
67 Folger 9
68 Folger 10
69 Folger 11
70 Folger 12
71 Folger 13
72 Folger 14
73 Folger 15
74 Folger 16
75 Folger 17
76 Folger 18
77 Folger 19
78 Folger 20
79 Folger 21
80 Folger 22
81 Folger 23
82 Folger 24
83 Folger 25
84 Folger 26
85 Folger 27
86 Folger 28
87 Folger 29
88 Folger 30
89 Folger 31
90 Folger 32
91 Folger 33
92 Folger 34
93 Folger 35
94 Folger 36
95 Folger 37
96 Folger 38
97 Folger 39
98 Folger 40
99 Folger 41
100 Folger 42
101 Folger 43
102 Folger 44
103 Folger 45
104 Folger 46
105 Folger 47
106 Folger 48
107 Folger 49
108 Folger 50
109 Folger 51
110 Folger 52
111 Folger 53
112 Folger 54
113 Folger 55
114 Folger 56
115 Folger 57
116 Folger 58
117 Folger 59
118 Folger 60
119 Folger 61
120 Folger 62
121 Folger 63
122 Folger 64
123 Folger 65
124 Folger 66
125 Folger 67
126 Folger 68
127 Folger 69
128 Folger 70
129 Folger 71
130 Folger 72
131 Folger 73
132 Folger 74
133 Folger 75
134 Folger 76
135 Folger 77
136 Folger 78
137 Folger 79
138 Folger 80
139 Folger 81
140 Folger 82
141 Georgetown University
142 Library of Congress
143 Library of Congress

Illinois
Chicago
144 Newberry Library
*145 See after 175

Urbana-Champaign
146 University of Illinois

Indiana
Bloomington
147 Lilly Library, Indiana University

Maryland
Baltimore
148 Johns Hopkins University
149 The Walters Art Gallery

Massachusetts
Boston
150 Boston Public Library

Cambridge
151 Widener Library, Harvard University
152 Houghton Library, Harvard University

Waltham
153 Brandeis University

Williamstown
154 Williams College

Nebraska
Lincoln
155 University of Nebraska

New Hampshire
Hanover
156 Dartmouth College

New Jersey
Princeton
157 Princeton University
*158 Scheide Library, Princeton University
*159 Scheide Library, Princeton University

New York
Buffalo
160 Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
161 State University of New York at Buffalo

Hamilton
162 Colgate University

Ithaca
163 Cornell University

New York City
164 Columbia University
165 New York Public Library
166 New York Public Library
167 New York Public Library
168 New York Public Library
169 New York Public Library
170 New York Public Library
171 Morgan Library and Museum
172 Morgan Library and Museum
*173 John Wolfson
*217 Private Owner

Ohio
Oxford
174 Miami University

Springboro
*175 Stuart Rose

Oregon
*145 Paul G. Allen Family Collection

Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
176 Lehigh University

Bryn Mawr
177 Bryn Mawr College

Haverford
178 Haverford College

Philadelphia
179 Free Library of Philadelphia
180 University of Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh
181 Carnegie Mellon University

West Chester
182 West Chester University

Rhode Island
Providence
183 Brown University
184 Brown University

Texas
Austin
185 University of Texas
186 University of Texas
187 University of Texas

Dallas
188 Dallas Public Library

Virginia
*27 Private Owner

West Virginia
Morgantown
190 West Virginia University

Canada
Toronto
191 University of Toronto

REST OF THE WORLD
Australia
Sydney
192 State Library of New South Wales

Europe
*193 Private Owner

France
Paris
194 Bibliothèque Nationale

Germany
Berlin
195 Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussicher Kulturbesitz

Cologne
196 Universitäts-und Stadtbibliothek

Stuttgart
197 Württembergische Landesbibliothek

Italy
Padua
198 Biblioteca Universitaria

Japan
Kobe
199 Konan Women's University

Kyoto
200 Foreign Studies University

Tokyo
Meisei University
201 Meisei 1
202 Meisei 2
203 Meisei 3
204 Meisei4
205 Meisei 5
206 Meisei 6
207 Meisei 7
208 Meisei.8
209 Meisei 9
210 Meisei 10
211 Meisei 11
212 Meisei 12
*213 Kamijo Family

New Zealand
Auckland
214 Auckland Public Library

South Africa
Capetown
215 South African Library

Switzerland
Cologny-Geneva
216 Bibliotheca Bodmeriana


UNKNOWN LOCATION
218 University of Manchester [stolen in 1972]
219 Major-General Frederick Edward Sotheby
221 Ross Winans
223 Lord Zouche of Parham
*224 Private owner
226 R.H. Wood
227 Sir Edward Philip Digby Pauncefort-Duncombe
228 The Waller Copy


There also possibly exists five other copies recorded by Lee that are "untraced" and an additional three copies were destroyed (one in the Chicago Fire and one in a sunken ship), one of which (The Forrest Home copy) is in ashes and charred pages at the University of Pennsylvania.


*Privately owned