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<dl><dd>Printer's name Cf. ESTC</dd>
<dd>Running title reads: The comicall historie of the merchant of Venice</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-I⁴.</dd>
<dd>Title page vignette; head- and tailpieces; initials</dd>
<dd>Bartlett, H.C. Shakespeare early editions</dd>
<dd>Bartlett &amp; Pollard. Shakespeare's quartos (rev. ed.)</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library. Barton collection catalogue</dd>
<dd>STC (2nd ed.)</dd>
<dd>Greg</dd>
<dd>ESTC</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.176.18 bound in 19th-century blue goatskin paneled in gilt. Armorial bookplate of the Barton Library. Autograph of Frances Wolfreston on A2 recto with inscription in her hand that reads, "the rich jue would have a £ of flesh of his creditar".</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.176.19 halfbound in early calfskin and brown paper over boards. Armorial bookplate of the Barton Library. Early signature on I4 verso: "Jn.[?] Swain[e?]." Trimmed closely, with partial losses to running titles.</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616</dd>
<dd>Parsons, Marmaduke, -1639, printer</dd>
<dd>Hayes, Laurence, bookseller</dd>
<dd>Swaine, John, former owner</dd>
<dd>Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner</dd></dl></div>
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