William Shakespeare
Subtitle: his complete dramatic works, with Tarquin and Lucrece, the Passionate pilgrim, the Sonnets and minor poems.
Contributors: Byars, William Vincent, 1857-1938.; Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893.; Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Edition: A new illustrated ed., with ... reproductions of the celebrated engravings of the rare Knight edition, illustrated by Orchardson, Houston ... and other famous artists. To which are added Taine's estimate of Shakespeare, Washington Irving's Essay on Stratford, an introductory paper on Shakespeare's life and times and an introduction to each play specially prepared for this edition by  William Vincent Byars.
Publisher: N. D. Thompson pub. co.
Published: 1898
Place of publication: New York; St. Louis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts; Stratford-upon-Avon (England)
Notes: The illustrated introduction differs in paper and type from the text, which is in three columns and apparently older.