Copy in the hand of Sir Thomas Munro of The Mussulman and the Jew, a Persian MS, 1786.

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Copy in the hand of Sir Thomas Munro of The Mussulman and the Jew, a Persian MS, 1786.

Source of the pound-of-flesh plot in the Merchant of Venice. Sent by Munro to Andrew Ross. With autograph letter of Andrew Ross to Eyles Irwin, from Fort St. George, January 12, 1786, and a copy of Munro's letter to Ross from Tanjore, January 9, 1786.

9 leaves.

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