Author: FLAXMAN, JOHN; PIROLI, THOMAS; HOWARD, FRANK
Title: Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus - Designed By John Flaxman - Engraved By Thomas Piroli -and Frank Howard
Description: London, Miss Flaxman and Miss Maria Denman. 1831, First Edition. Cloth Backed Boards, 295mm. x 440mm. Book, 2 engraved titles, 34 plates, oblong folio, original cloth backed boards, printed paper label, bookplate pf Michael Valentine Briton Riviere (1919-1997), with a handwritten note by him on edition, small bookseller label to upper corner. Each plate has a caption identifying the characters and quoting from the play in English. Each Plate carries the publisher's imprint of Misses Flaxman and Denman with the date April 15th 1831. Some wear, soiling to binding, lacks front free endpaper, age toning, some spotting to plates. [15632/751]. Very Good.

Keywords: Engraving Illustration History Greek Tragedians


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