Aeschylus
Promethus Desmotes [Prometheus Unbound], 1930
London: Victor Scholderer
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16mo. 39pp. From an unspecified limitation, but certainly a small edition due to the complexity of printing Greek drama in the original language and the tipped-in card inside the front...
16mo. 39pp. From an unspecified limitation, but certainly a small edition due to the complexity of printing Greek drama in the original language and the tipped-in card inside the front cover that attests the book as a presentation copy in honor of the Christmas holiday. Inscribed at the front flyleaf by Victor Scholderer, the designer of the New Hellenic Greek type in which the book is printed, to "H. M." Aeschylus' play would become the basis for Percy Bysshe Shelley's later four-act effort. Bound in full blue cloth over boards showing some sunning to spine, and mild bumping to corners, yet internally wonderfully crisp and overall near fine. Laid in is a TLs from the Classical translator Walter Shewring to Stanley Scott, politely declining the latter's offer of the present copy. The envelope to the letter is included, though clipped to only show Scott's address and the postmark. Scott's ownership stickers appear at the inside of the rear board.