You could be referring to several books.1. The volume in which Shakespeare's collected WORDS were first published is Samuel Ayscough's Index of Words in Shakespeare, the earliest Shakespeare concordance, published in 1790.
2. The volume in which Shakespeare's collected WORKS including his poems were anthologised together was Steevens and Malone's anthology of 1780. Previous anthologies had only included the plays.
3. The volume in which Shakespeare's collected PLAYS were first published was the First Folio of 1623
1623
The first volume of Shakespeare's Collected Plays was called the First Folio and was published in 1623.
the first folio
Some of Shakespeare's plays had been published individually during his lifetime but in 1623 two of his friends decided to publish a collection of as many of his plays as they could get their hands on. This collection is usually called the First Folio but its real title is "Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies Published according to the True Originall Copies"
It's called the First Folio, but it is only his collected plays. It does not include his poetry.
Venus and Adonis, which was published in 1593.
Both Titus Andronicus and Henry VI Part II were published in 1594.
It is generally known as The First Folio, rather than the name on its title page: "Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies Published According to the True Originall Copies." You can see why.
The First Folio was the first Collected Works edition of Shakespeare's plays; it was the work of his fellow actors John Heminges and Henry Condell, and came out in 1623, some seven years after Shakespeare's death. However, many of the plays had been published earlier. A "first edition" of Romeo and Juliet would be dated 1597.
The title page gives the year of publication, not the month.
1609
That's what it is called now. The name on the title page is "Mr William Shakespeares Comedies Histories & Tragedies".