Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Medea by Euripides. First UK Edition unstated, 1912 Oxford University Press. Early printing with 1912 on the title page and 1908 on the copyright page.
The book exterior is in Very Good condition with bright boards with a few light spots on the front, faded title gilt on the front, but completely missing on the spine. Also, toned page blocks, tight binding, heavy spine tilt, , heavy edge wear, and rounded and rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with the previous owner’s name on the first free end paper and several sketches of a staircase design. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The interior pages are clean, supple and lightly toned.
No dust jacket.
Euripides’ “Medea” is one of the great dramatic tragedies from classical antiquity. It is the story of its title character, Medea, the wife of Jason of the Argonauts, who seeks revenge upon her unfaithful husband when he abandons her for a new younger bride. “Medea” broke many of the dramatic conventions of the time when it debuted and it is for this reason that it stands as one of the greatest of all works from the classical age of drama.
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