first edition Hardcover
1974 · Berkeley and Los Angeles
by Fairman, H.W. (Translator)
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The oldest complete play in the world, The Triumph of Horus was engraved on the walls of the Temple of Edfu in Upper Egypt in 110 B.C.; a written version probably existed in 1200 B.C., if not several centuries earlier. Includes a chapter on the production of the play by Derek Newton and Derek Poole. Four plates, with nineteen textual figures. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
(Inventory #: 69594)