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 Lor Chamberlaine his Servants. Written by William Shakespeare·

General note: Mostly in verse. Running title reads: The comicall historie of the merchant of Venice. Signatures: A(+-A1) B-I4. A reissue, with cancel title page, of the 1637 edition with "printed by M P for Laurence Hayes" in imprint (STC 22298). T.p. mutilated and repaired at outer edge, affecting end of 2nd and 5th lines on recto and text on verso; several leaves mutilated and repaired at outer edge, occasionally affecting text UK-SuSCL Cited in: Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), S2938 Bartlett, H. Mr. William Shakespeare, 72 Woodward McManaway, 1121 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1968. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 297:32). Ownership and custodial history: The'Halliwell copy' (Sotheby, July, 1889, no. 905); presented by Charles Edward Flower deposited by the RSC UK-SuSCL Binding Information: Bound in brown morocco UK-SuSCL