John Tallis (pub.)

The complete works of Shakspere : revised from the original editions / with historical and analytical introductions to each play, also notes explanatory and critical, and a life of the poet by J.O. Halliwell … and other eminent commentators ; elegantly and appropriately illustrated by portraits engraved on steel, from daguerreotypes of the greatest and most intellectual actors of the age ; taken in the embodiment of the varied and life-like characters of our great national poet.

Published: London; New York: Printed and published by John Tallis and company [1850].

4 Volumes: 1: Comedies; 2: Tragedies; 3: Histories; 4: Doubtful Plays.

All illustrations are given in millimetres and 1/32 of an inch.