One of 140 copies. 2 vols. Title pages in red and gilt, opening page of text with heading in gilt, chapter headings and page ornaments in red. 8vo., 148 + 148pp., 26x17cm. Original publisher’s red cloth, spine and upper cover titled in brown, original brown cloth slipcase. Greenbrae, California, The Allen Press, 1982.
Fine. Vol. 1 with bookplate of Clarence B. Hanson Jr. Original prospectuses for both volumes loosely tipped in.
Finely printed by Dorothy and Lewis Allen in California with attractive page decorations taken from Greek sources and running headings in Solemnis and Libra types, with the body set in Menhart Unciala. A wonderful edition of Aeschylus’ tragic trilogy, beginning with the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and ending with the pacification of the Furies.
