The Picturesque Beauties of Shakespeare, Being a Selection of Scenes, from the Works of That Great Author. Engraved Under the Direction of Charles Tay

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<sourceLibrary>British Library

<ESTCID>T077085

<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 dat

<imprintFull>London : publish'd at C. Taylor's; and at Mr. Taylor's, [1783-87]. <collation>[82]p.,[40]plates ; 4°