first edition Hardcover
1831 · London
by AESCHYLUS (John S. Harford, John Flaxman)
London: John Murray, 1831. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Large paper copy. Translated from the Greek, illustrated by a dissertation on Grecian tragedy, by John S. Harford. Octavo. xvi, 267pp., engraved title with vignette and 15 engraved plates as issued (without one plate: "Euripides, Sophocles and Æschylus"), errata slip with list of plates and eight-page publisher's catalog dated March 1832 bound-in at the rear. Publisher's dark green moiré cloth, leather spine label, marbled endpapers. Rubbing and edge-wear to the spine label, spine ends, and corners, else very good with light foxing to the plates. A scarce large paper copy with many fine engraved plates, including two designed by John Flaxman.
(Inventory #: 381091)