TITLE-PAGE TO VOLUME.

Shakspere scated between the Dramatic Muse and the Genius of Painting. From an Alto-Relievo by Banks in the front of the British Institution, formerly the Shakspere Gallery, Pall Mall.

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I..

TRAGEDIES.

Tragic Mask.

Costume of Senators and Ladies, from a drawing by
Giotto......

Costume of a young Venetian Nobleman, from
Vecellio.......

ROMEO AND JULIET.

DRAMATIS PERSONE.

Funeral Garland, composed from specimens of the principal funeral flowers of Shakspere-" Violets blue," Marigold," "Azure hare-bell," "Rosemary," "Eglantine," &c.....................

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF ACT I.

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Bills and Partizans, from specimens..................... 25
Grove of Sycamore.
Lady masked, from Vecellio..........................................................
Fête Champêtre; designed from an illumination
in the "Roman de la Rose," Harl. MS. 4425... 27
Plantain Leaf, from specimens, and a group in
Gerarde's Herbal........

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The "Measure," from a drawing by R. W. Buss...
"Court Cupboard" and Plate, selected from speci-
mens in private collections, and from old prints. 30

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