Author: Goethe, Wolfgang von; [Translated into English blank verse by] P. M. E. (Ellis, Phillis Marion)
Title: Iphigenia in Tauris [an Association Copy]
Description: S. l. Privately printed, 1883. Printed for private circulation, 1 of 50 copies; 7 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [3], 6-114; speckled, gray wraps, printed and ruled in black; mild age-toning and a few minor spots to margins of wraps; a tiny chip to upper right corner of front wrap; glue showing at hinge; in very good condition. Inscribed and signed by Phillis Marion Ellis (1862 - 1933) to John Nicholas Brown (1861 - 1900) - grandson of the namesake patron of Brown University Nicholas Brown Jr. businessman, philanthropist, President of the Lonsdale Company, and a prolific book collector. A beautiful edition of Goethe's reworking of Euripides' ancient Greek tragedy "Iphigeneia en Taurois," it was translated into English by writer, editor, and translator Phillis Marion Ellis, who would also transcribe "The Golden Legend" for William Morris and his Kelmscott Press, from a copy of Caxton's first edition of 1483. Phillis' father, author Frederick Startridge Ellis would edit and publish some of William Morris' work and would be one of the latter's executors. Very good .

Keywords: Privately Printed, Ancient Greek


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