The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-25 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

The Illustrations of Shakepeare are so numerous and so
varied that, at flat sight, it appears impossible now to
produce any which shall possess either novelty or attrac-
tion. But the projector of the present work hopes that it
is still in his power to offer to the public an accompani-
ment to the dramas of our immortal Poet which shall be
desirable, and at least novel in plan. It is his intention to
give the whole story of each play in a connected series of
designs, whether the incidents be performed or narrated.
The manifest advantages of this mode of illustration are
such as to occasion surprise that it should not have been
undertaken before. The interest that is excited for each
individual character, the satisfaction that always results
from seeing any thing complete, and the much greater
scope fur the invention of the artist, are indisputable re-
commendations of the plan.
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The Designs will be engraved in outline by the artist
himself. The costume, the national physiognomy, and
all that can possibly be characteristic or illustrative of the
subject, will be closely attended to; and it is hoped that
they will be found equally interesting as illustrations of
our great dramatist, and as an amusing series of plates for
a portfolio or table.

As the plays of Shakspeare are not equally fertile in in-
cidents, the Numbers may occasionally vary in the quan-
tity of plates, and sometimes may contain two plays; but
each Number will be complete in itself, and independent
of the others.

One Number tvill appear every two months, containing
on an average twenty plates
The number to be printed of the quarto, on India
paper, will be strictly limited to ene hundred copies.
Printed for T. Cade)! ; C., J., G., and F. Rivington ;
Baldwin and Cradock ; and J. Booker, London. To La
had also of Mr. F. Howard, IS, Thviitcck strct, Pee,
ford-square.

Thir
d.ty were published, in Two Vols. Svo. price 21s. bdx.
rrHE POETICAL WORKS; the COR-
RESPONDENCE, and other Prose Pieces, of
ANNA LX.TITEA BARBAULD, with a Memoir.
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By LUCY AIKIN.
Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.

Of whom may be had,
A LEGACY for YOUNG LADIES; consisting m
'Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Verse. By the late
Airs. BARBAULD. Second Edition, in One Vol. 12mo.
price 7s. 6d. bds.

MEMOIRS of the COURT of QUEEN ELIZABETH.
By LUCY AIKIN. Sixth Edition, Two Vols. Svo,
11. ss. bds.

MEMOIRS of the COURT of KING JAMES the
FIRST. By LUCY AIKIN. Two Vols. Bvo. Third
Edition, 1/. 4s. bds.

This day was published, in Svo. 15 bds.
THE ANNUAL BIOGRAPHY AND
-11- OBITUARY for the Year IS3O, containing Me-
moirs of Celebrated Persons who died in 1528-29.
CONTENTS.-Sir William Hoste, the Countess of Derby,
Lieutenant Colonel Denham, Sir Humphry Davy, Major
Laing, Sir Edward West, Earl of Harrington, Sir Miles
Nightingall, Sir Brent Spencer, Lord Colchester, Dr.
George Pearson, Bishop Lloyd, Mr. Terry, Sir David
Baird, Earl of Buchan, Sir George Madden, Mr. Thomas
Bewick, Dr. Wollaston, Lerd Harris, Mr. Baron Hullock,
William Thomas Fitzgerald, Esq., Earl of Hunting-doo,
Dr. Young, &c. &e.

" ne are unacquainted with any work of the kind
which does so much credit to the industry and talents of its
Editor."—Literary Gazette, Jan. 9, 1830.
Printed for Longman, /lees, Orme, Brown, and Green.
Of whom may be had, the preceding 13 Volumes, 15s.
each.