The picturesque beauties of Shakspeare : 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, Macbeth, Hamlet, The merry wives of Windsor, Much ado about nothing, Twelfth night.
Published / Created:
London : Publish'd at C. Taylor's No. 10 Holborn, near Castle Yark; and at Mr. Taylor's bookseller, No. 56 Holborn, opposite great Turnstile, [1787]
Physical Description:
[40] leaves, [42] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3559135
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Forty illustrations of scenes from As you like it, Macbeth, Hamlet, Merry wives of Windsor, Much ado about nothing, Twelfth night, Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, Winter's tale, and Romeo and Juliet. Each plate is individually dated and accompanied by leaf bearing a letterpress extract from the play, four numbered plates to each play, all dated between 1783 and 1787.
Subject Terms:
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 -- Illustrations -- Early works to 1800. | Illustration of books -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | English drama -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800. | Verse drama, English -- Early works to 1800. | Taylor, C. -- Publisher. | Taylor, Mr. -- Publisher. | Biencourt, Mis. de -- Bookplate. | Biencourt-Poncins -- Bookplate. | Engraving -- Specimens -- [1787]
Contributors:
Gangloff, F. Bookplate. | Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823, publisher. | Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823, engraver. | Taylor, Isaac, 1759–1829, engraver. | Sharp, William, 1749–1824, engraver. | Stothard, Thomas, 1755–1834, ill. | Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845, ill. | Ryley, Charles Reuben, 1752?-1798, ill.