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2597.5.2=""G.4072.30.2 The novels and stories which may have served as the foundation of Shakespeare’s play, The merchant of Venice. (4), 63-110 pp. (In Collier, John Payne, compiler. Shakespeare’s library ... Vol. 2. London. [1843.]) Contents, — The adventures of Giannetto. From the Pecorone of Ser Gio- vanni Fiorentino. — Of a Jew who would for his debt have a pound of the flesh of a Christian. From the Orator of Alex. Silvayn [Alexandre van den Busche]. Englished by L. P. [i. e. Lazarus Piot, pseud. of An- thony Munday]. — The story of the choice of three caskets. From the Gesta Romanorum. Translated by Robert Robinson.
 
This card -vas printed at the Boston Public Library, August 12, 1919. L7560—Three caskets, Story of &S the.—Adventures, The, of Gian-
netto.— Shakespeare, William. The chant of Venice. Sources.—Fioren‘ino, ‘ Gieyanni. — Busche, Alexandre van den. — No main card.