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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Thomas Piroli and Frank Howard (Engraved By) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Original binding of brown cloth covered boards with leather title plate/gilt titles on the front, leather corners and leather over the spine, but the majority of the spine is missing. Wear to extremities and rubbing/marking to the top board, the back board is much cleaner. The hinge and text block are fragile. Marbled end papers, book-plate inside the front, plus a newspaper article about the"Sale of Flaxman's Drawings.". No further inscriptions, the plates are remarkably smooth and clean towards the front of the book, with more foxing and brown spots progressively towards the back of the book. Each plate is numbered and captioned. May incur additional postage charges outside Europe.

Half leather red cloth cover. Zustand: Good. [Reprint]. (More images available on request). G : in good condition with protective cover. Spine scuffed. Fep removed. Some scattered browning. 290mm x 440mm (11" x 17"). 36pp. 34 engraved plates and 2 engraved title plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

Cloth Backed Boards. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 2 engraved titles, 34 plates, oblong folio, original cloth backed boards, printed paper label, bookplate pf Michael Valentine Briton Riviere (1919-1997), with a handwritten note by him on edition, small bookseller label to upper corner. Each plate has a caption identifying the characters and quoting from the play in English. Each Plate carries the publisher's imprint of Misses Flaxman and Denman with the date April 15th 1831. Some wear, soiling to binding, lacks front free endpaper, age toning, some spotting to plates. [15632/831] Size: 295mm. x 440mm. Book.

Leather. Zustand: Good. John Flaxman; Thomas Piroli; Frank Howard; William Blake. (illustrator). First edition. A charming rebound copy of John Flaxman's 'Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus' and 'Compositions from the Works Days and Theogony of Hesiod', both first editions bound together in one volume. 'Compositions from the Works Days and Theogony of Hesiod' is a first edition. 'Tragedies of Aeschylus' is a later edition. 'Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus' was designed by John Flaxman, engraved by Thomas Prioli and Frank Howard, and published by 'Mifs Flaxman, & Mifs Maria Denman' in 1831. Collated, complete with 36 monochromatic plates. 'Compositions from the Works Days and Theogony of Hesiod' was designed by John Flaxman, engraved by William Blake and published by Longman Hurst, Reese, Orme & Brown in 1817. Collated, complete with 37 monochromatic plates. Containing a number of Flaxman's classical compositions, accompanied with excerpts from the various works of Aeschylus and Hesiod in English translation. John Flaxman was an English sculptor, illustrator, designer, and leading artist of the Neoclassical style in Britain and Europe. Flaxwell is best remembered for iconic flat, clean and linear style employed within his book illustrations that contributed much to the spread of Neoclassicism in England. Due to the popularity and vast influence of this style Flaxwell was commissioned by notable names such as Georgiana Hare-Naylor, Thomas Hope and Lady Spencer to design illustrations for the works of a variety of classical authors and poets, including Aeschylus and Hesiod, as seen within this copy. In a half morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbed to extremities and head and tail of spine resulting in slight loss to leather. Slight rubbing to joints. Marbled paper to front and rear board rubbed and slightly worn at joint. Small loss to marbled paper, lower extremity, rear board. Small handling mark to front board. Front hinge split, slightly showing chords but very firm. Marbled endpapers. Ink inscription by prior owner to second front free-endpaper. Pencil inscription by prior owner to second front free-endpaper, dated '1963'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with spotting, heavier to the occasional page. Occasional handling mark. Small hole to rear endpaper. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1805; 4 titles bound in one book (The Iliad of Homer Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman, The Odyssey of Homer Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman, The Theocony Works & Days of Hesiod Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman and Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus designed by John Flaxman); red leather covered boards with gilt titles; raised bands on spine; corners are bumped; wear to covers especially edges; all page edges are gilt; light foxing throughout otherwise interior is clean; the Iliad has 39 plates, The Odyssey has 37 plates and Aeschylus has 36 plates (published in 1831); Oblong Folio 17";