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Description Title page of the first quarto of The Merchant of Venice

Transcript

The moſt excellent
Hiſtorie of the Merchant
of Venice.

VVith the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe
towards the ſayd Merchant, in cutting a iuſt pound
of his fleſh: and the obtayning of Portia
by the choyſe of three
cheſts.

As it hath beene diuers times acted by the Lord
Chamberlaine his seruants.

Written by William Shakeſpeare.

AT LONDON,
Printed by l. R. for Thomas Heyes,
and are to be ſold in Paules Church-yard, at the
ſigne of the Greene Dragon.
1600.
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Image title STC 22296, title page
Camera manufacturer FFEI
Camera model C-550 Lanovia
Copyright holder Folger Shakespeare Library not for reproduction without written permission
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used GIMP 2.6.10
File change date and time 21:13, 27 January 2011
Exif version 2.1
Colour space Uncalibrated

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