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Lot of 9 volumes of Ancient Greek & Roman classics

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250 $ - 350 $
Zuschlagspreis:
300 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 401

Lot of 9 volumes of Ancient Greek & Roman classics

Schätzpreis
250 $ - 350 $
Zuschlagspreis:
300 $
Beschreibung:

Title: Lot of 9 volumes of Ancient Greek & Roman classics Author: ** Place: New York Publisher: Limited Editions Club Date: 1934-75 Description: With: Longus. The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe. Trans. by George Moore Illus. with etchings by Ruth Reeves 11¼x7¾, gilt-embossed calf. 1 of 1500 copies printed by Porter Garnett, 1934. * Aristophanes. The Frogs. Trans. by William James Hickie. Illus. with wood engravings by John Austin 11¾x8, dec. buckram, chemise. 1 of 1500 copies printed at Joh. Enschede en Zonen, 1937. * Aristophanes. The Birds. Illus. by Marian Parry. Printed on double leaves. 11x7¾, ¼ leather & dec. boards, glassine, parchment-backed chemise. 1 of 1500 copies from the Thistle Press, 1959. * Sophocles. Oedipus the King. Text in Greek & English. Trans. by Francis Storr. Intro. by Thornton Wilder. Illus. with wood engravings by Demetrios Galanis 12x8, dec. cloth stamped in gilt. 1 of 2000 copies printed at Joh. Enschede en Zonen in types designed by Jan van Krimpen 1955. * Sophocles. Antigone. Text in Greek & English. Trans. by Elizabeth Wyckoff. Illus. with plates from paintings & with monochromes by Harry Bennett. 11½x8¼, patterned cloth. 1 of 2000 copies printed at Joh. Enschede en Zonen in types designed by Jan van Krimpen 1975. * Aeschylus. The Oresteia. Trans. by E. D. A. Morshead. Illus. with color plates from paintings by Michael Ayrton 13x9¾, ¼ red leather & brown cloth, gilt-lettered cloth, glassine. 1 of 1500 copies from a plan by Adrian Wilson & printed at the press of A. Colish, 1961. * Plato. The Trial and Death of Socrates. Trans. by Benjamin Jowett. Illus. by Hans Erni (signed). 11½x8, blue buckram, portrait of Socrates in gilt by Erni on front cover, jacket. 1 of 1500 copies planned at the Officina Bodoni & printed by Giovanni Mardersteig (sugned) at the Stamperia Valdonega, 1962. * The Satyricon of Petronius. Trans. by William Barnaby. Illus. by Antonio Sotomayor. 11x7, ¼ vellum & gilt-dec. cloth, glassine. 1 of 1500 copies printed by A. Colish, 1964. * Euripides. [Three Plays]: Media, Hippolytus, The Bacchae. Trans. by Philip Vellacott. Illus. by Michael Ayrton 12½x8½, cloth-backed boards, glassine. Newsletter, laid in. 1 of 1500 copies designed by Will Carter & printed at the Curwen Press, 1967. Together, 9 volumes. Original bindings, slipcases (except one). Signed by the illustrator in the colophon. Lot Amendments Condition: Occasional light wear, volumes mostly fine, slipcases very good to near fine. Item number: 191687

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 401
Auktion:
Datum:
12.06.2008
Auktionshaus:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Lot of 9 volumes of Ancient Greek & Roman classics Author: ** Place: New York Publisher: Limited Editions Club Date: 1934-75 Description: With: Longus. The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe. Trans. by George Moore Illus. with etchings by Ruth Reeves 11¼x7¾, gilt-embossed calf. 1 of 1500 copies printed by Porter Garnett, 1934. * Aristophanes. The Frogs. Trans. by William James Hickie. Illus. with wood engravings by John Austin 11¾x8, dec. buckram, chemise. 1 of 1500 copies printed at Joh. Enschede en Zonen, 1937. * Aristophanes. The Birds. Illus. by Marian Parry. Printed on double leaves. 11x7¾, ¼ leather & dec. boards, glassine, parchment-backed chemise. 1 of 1500 copies from the Thistle Press, 1959. * Sophocles. Oedipus the King. Text in Greek & English. Trans. by Francis Storr. Intro. by Thornton Wilder. Illus. with wood engravings by Demetrios Galanis 12x8, dec. cloth stamped in gilt. 1 of 2000 copies printed at Joh. Enschede en Zonen in types designed by Jan van Krimpen 1955. * Sophocles. Antigone. Text in Greek & English. Trans. by Elizabeth Wyckoff. Illus. with plates from paintings & with monochromes by Harry Bennett. 11½x8¼, patterned cloth. 1 of 2000 copies printed at Joh. Enschede en Zonen in types designed by Jan van Krimpen 1975. * Aeschylus. The Oresteia. Trans. by E. D. A. Morshead. Illus. with color plates from paintings by Michael Ayrton 13x9¾, ¼ red leather & brown cloth, gilt-lettered cloth, glassine. 1 of 1500 copies from a plan by Adrian Wilson & printed at the press of A. Colish, 1961. * Plato. The Trial and Death of Socrates. Trans. by Benjamin Jowett. Illus. by Hans Erni (signed). 11½x8, blue buckram, portrait of Socrates in gilt by Erni on front cover, jacket. 1 of 1500 copies planned at the Officina Bodoni & printed by Giovanni Mardersteig (sugned) at the Stamperia Valdonega, 1962. * The Satyricon of Petronius. Trans. by William Barnaby. Illus. by Antonio Sotomayor. 11x7, ¼ vellum & gilt-dec. cloth, glassine. 1 of 1500 copies printed by A. Colish, 1964. * Euripides. [Three Plays]: Media, Hippolytus, The Bacchae. Trans. by Philip Vellacott. Illus. by Michael Ayrton 12½x8½, cloth-backed boards, glassine. Newsletter, laid in. 1 of 1500 copies designed by Will Carter & printed at the Curwen Press, 1967. Together, 9 volumes. Original bindings, slipcases (except one). Signed by the illustrator in the colophon. Lot Amendments Condition: Occasional light wear, volumes mostly fine, slipcases very good to near fine. Item number: 191687

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 401
Auktion:
Datum:
12.06.2008
Auktionshaus:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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