The picturesque beauties : of Shakespeare, being a selection of scenes, from the works of that great author. Engraved under the direction of Charles Taylor. Part the first containing As you like it. ... Twelfth night.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
publish'd at C. Taylor's; and at Mr. Taylor's,
[1783-87]
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| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | The titlepage is engraved. Originally issued in ten numbers, a collection of plates engraved by Charles and Isaac Taylor and William Sharp from drawings by Thomas Stothard and Robert Smirke to illustrate 10 plays of Shakespeare. Each is individually dated, and accompanied by a leaf bearing a letterpress extract from the play, four numbered plates to each play, all dated between 1783 and 1787. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 82 unnumbered pages, 40 unnumbered pagesplates ; 4⁰. |