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The most excellent Historie of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the said Merchant, in cutting a just pound of his flesh: and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three Chests. As it hath beene divers times acted by the Lord Chamberlaine his Servants.

1637

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The most excellent Historie of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the said Merchant, in cutting a just pound of his flesh: and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three Chests. As it hath beene divers times acted by the Lord Chamberlaine his Servants.

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Title-page Attribution: Written by William Shakespeare.
Printer’s name from STC
Other Copies: 18

1637

Author: Shakespeare, William
Title: The most excellent Historie of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the said Merchant, in cutting a just pound of his flesh: and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three Chests. As it hath beene divers times acted by the Lord Chamberlaine his Servants.
Publication Location: London
Editor: Printed by M[armaduke].P[arsons]. for Laurence Hayes, and are to be sold at his Shop on Fleetbridge.
Date: 1637
Language: English
No of scans: 103
Type: Print
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  • AuthorsShakespeare, William
  • Author Years(1564-1616)
  • TitleThe most excellent Historie of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the said Merchant, in cutting a just pound of his flesh: and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three Chests. As it hath beene divers times acted by the Lord Chamberlaine his Servants.
  • Varying form of TitleThe Merchant of Venice
  • Language(s)eng
Publication, distribution
  • Publication LocationLondon
  • PublisherPrinted by M[armaduke].P[arsons]. for Laurence Hayes, and are to be sold at his Shop on Fleetbridge.
  • Publication Date1637
Edition
Description material
  • TypePrint
  • Volume4° ; 18.3 x 14 cm
  • Collation72 p.
  • BindingRed straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e.
  • SignatureA-I4
Remarques
  • General NotesTitle-page Attribution: Written by William Shakespeare.
    Printer’s name from STC
    Other Copies: 18
  • AnnotationNone
  • Citation Source NameSTC (2nd edn.) 22298 Bartlett & Pollard, No. 669 Greg, 172ei
Identification
  • ConstellationLittérature élisabéthaine
  • PID742
  • DOI10.13097/BodmerLab/1072056485
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  • that the Bodmer holds the largest collection of early Shakespeare editions outside the Anglophone world? 
  • that the original price for a bound copy of the First Folio when it was first published in 1623 was about £1? 
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