The most excellent historie of the merchant of Venice : with the extreame cruelty of Shylocke the Jew towards the said merchant in cutting a just pound of his flesh, and the obtaining of Portia by the choyce of three chests : as it hath been diverse times acted by the Lord Chamberlaine his servants / written by William Shakespeare.

Accession number

PML 17237

Creator

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Published

London : printed [by Marmaduke Parsons] for William Leake, and are to be solde at his shop at the signe of the Crown in Fleetstreet, between the two Temple Gates, 1652.

Credit line

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.

Notes

A reissue of the 1637 edition printed by Marmaduke Parsons, with cancel title page.
Consists of the same sheets, except the t.p., as the edition with imprint: London : Printed by M[armaduke] P[arsons] for Laurence Hayes, 1637.
Signatures: A(+-A1) B-I⁴.

Description

[72] pages ; 18 cm (4to)

Provenance

Pierpont Morgan, purchased from E.D. Brooks, Nov. 1910.

Binding

17th-century marbled paper boards; in slip case by Sangorski and Sutcliffe.

Classification

Book

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Department

Printed Books