The most excellent historie of the merchant of Venice. : VVith 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. Written by William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.; Corser, Thomas, 1793-1876, former owner.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner.; Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1637
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Title
The most excellent historie of the merchant of Venice. : VVith 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. Written by William Shakespeare.
Uniform title
Merchant of Venice
Running title
Comicall historie of the merchant of Venice
Created/published
London : Printed by M[armaduke] P[arsons] for Laurence Hayes, and are to be sold at his shop on Fleetbridge, 1637.
Description
[72] p. ; 19 cm (4to)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Corser, Thomas, 1793-1876, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Corser, Thomas, 1793-1876, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
Mostly in verse.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-I⁴.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-I⁴.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22298
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 172(eI)
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111192
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 172(eI)
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111192
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Genre/form
Annotations.
Made-up copies.
Made-up copies.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 22298 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs534. Red goatskin binding, signed Chambolle-Duru. Provenance: bookplate of Robert Hoe
Call number
STC 22298 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs452. All corners are repaired. Print show-through. Burn-hole on C4, affecting text. D2 creased, affecting text. Red goatskin binding, signed by C. Lewis. Provenance: possibly Thomas Corser copy (without the Corser collation mark); possibly Charles H.G. Craufurd copy (Folger file); James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (with his signed manuscript note on back paste-down); Marsden J. Perry copy
Call number
STC 22298 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs505. Imperfect: the title leaf is repaired, with 'nt' in the first line's 'excellent' supplied in facsimile. 'To' at the beginning of the first line of A2v and 'Y' at the beginning of the first line on B3v also supplied in facsimile. Red goatskin binding, signed by Riviere & Son
Call number
STC 22298 copy 4
Folger-specific note
cs0900. Cropped, affecting direction-lines. Leaf I1 is creased, affecting text. Final leaf is torn and repaired. Green goatskin binding, signed by Riviere. Provenance: James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps copy (with his manuscript note on the front fly-leaf); bookplate of Warwick Castle, Shakespeare Shakespeare Library
Call number
STC 22298 copy 5
Folger-specific note
cs298. Dark red goatskin binding, blind and gilt tooled, with yellow silk doublures
Call number
STC 22298 copy 6
Folger-specific note
cs946. Imperfect: the title leaf is repaired, with the imprint in facsimile. A made up copy: leaves E4 and H3 are from another copy (Folger file). Repaired throughout at the tails, withe some direction-lines (i.e. catchwords) supplied in facsimile. Red goatskin binding, signed by W. Pratt. Provenance: Frederic Robert Halsey copy