The Oresteia
Author:
Aeschylus
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Translater:
Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)
Contributor:
Warner, Rex
Publisher:
Heritage Press
Translated from the Greek by E.D.A. Morshead ; with an introduction by Rex Warner ; illustrated by Michael Ayrton.
Xviii, [1], 176 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm
Notes:"The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1961 by The George Macy Companies, Inc."--Title page verso.
Book in slipcase.
Height: 29 cm
Width: 41 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2016) by Moldon, Peter L.
Production date: AD 1961
"The book was designed and the letterpress was printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge; it was set by The Stellar Press [Hatfield] ... the plates were selected and printed by Christopher Skelton at his Press at Wellingborough." --t.p. verso.
Privately printed - This number 70 of 230 copies.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: PB 4-2016
Primary reference Number: 208286
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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