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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564–1616.:The Merchant of Venice. London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1632.
Folio (296 x 204 mm). 22 pp, numbered 163-184. Red morocco, antique, spine titled in gilt, covers ruled in gilt.
\”THE QUALITY OF MERCY IS NOT STRAINED.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.\”
The 1632 Second Folio printing of one of Shakespeare\’s greatest, and most controversial, comedies, containing one of the greatest of his speeches, Portia\’s plea to Shylock on \”the quality of mercy.\”