flaxmans designs (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. On spine in gilt lettering: "Chandos Classics."452 p., plus "A Selected List of New and Recent Publications from Messrs. Frederick Warne & Col.s Catalogue;" clean and unmarked--some pages unopened. Former owner's signature on half t.p. is dated 1902 and signature of same person is on front end page is dated 1951 or 1901--difficult to be sure. Sewn signatures are secure but there is some cracking of paper at gutter between half t.p. and frontis. showing engraving of bust of Homer. Many maps and ill. by John Flaxman. Occasional neat underlining and marginalia in pencil. Blue boards have light bumping at corners and some rubbing at crown of spine panel, but gilt lettering on unsunned spine is still bright despite absence of d.j. The mark of a tea cup mars the front board.Paper fine, only mildly age-toned and unfoxed.

Zustand: Poor. Undated. Spine faded, and base is torn. Top of spine also very worn. Boards has gentle scuffs to corners, Tanning/foxing throughout, predominantly to page edges. Contetns all legible.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Leather. 8vo. Published by G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, London, UK. 1913. Xliv, 459 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in full decorated prize binding leather with the coat of arms for Christ College Grammar School present to the front board with gilt titles and raised bands present to the spine. Leather lightly worn along the extremities. Previous owner prize bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Previous owner's name present to the reverse of the FFEP. Foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilizationthe cornerstone of Western culture and an epic poem without rival in world literature. The story centers on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which lead to Achilleus's killing of Hektor and the fall of Troy. But Homer's theme is not simply war or heroism. With compassion and humanity, he presents a universal and tragic view of the world: human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death set against a vast and largely unpitying divine background. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.