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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--18th century.
- English drama.
- Verse drama, English--Early works to 1800.
- Verse drama, English.
- Genre:
- Plays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([82]p.,[40]plates )
- Other Title:
- Picturesque beauties
- Place of Publication:
- London : publish'd at C. Taylor's; and at Mr. Taylor's, [1783-87]
- Notes:
- 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 British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T77085.
- OCLC:
- 642692374
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