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New York: Land's End Press, 1968. Limited edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 1/1500. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 1/2"). 90, [2]pp. Original gilt-stamped decorative cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Aristophanes. Title page in orange, purple and black lettering. Limitation page numbered and signed by Jack Brussel. Book housed in its original black slipcase, with illustrated title to front panel. "Lysistrata" is a bawdy anti-war comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, first staged in 411 BCE. It is the comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War, as Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace. Some consider it his greatest work, and it is probably the most anthologized. This limited edition is lavishly illustrated throughout with erotic illustrations by Audrey Beardsley and ancient Athenian artists. One of 1500 signed copies,…
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by Aristophanes / Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898)
The Lysistrata of Aristophanes / now first wholly translated into English ; and illustrated with eight full-page drawings by Aubrey Beardsley
by Aristophanes / Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898)
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New York : Oydssey Publications, 1967. Fine Facsimile Reprint. Very good copy in the original sky blue cloth. Printed title label to front panel. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Slipcase not included. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 61 pages; Limited edition, no. 199 of 515 fascimiles. Fine facsimile reprint. Reproduction of the 1896 edition. 61p : 8 plates ; 29cm. Subjects: Greek drama (Comedy). Greece - History - Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. - Drama..
- Bookseller MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Book Condition Used - Very good copy in the original sky blue cloth. Printed title label to front panel. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the
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- Edition Fine Facsimile Reprint
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher New York : Oydssey Publications
- Date Published 1967