The Tragedies of Euripides. Vol. I: Hecuba, Orestes, Phoenissae, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, Bacchae, Heraclidae, Iphigenia in Aulide, and Iphigenia in Tauris
by EURIPIDES; THEDORE ALOIS BUCKLEY (Translator)
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- Fair. Covers worn and toned. Heavy foxing to text, a few gatherings loose but not yet detached. U. Penn classics dept. stamp to
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1857. Hardcover. Fair. Covers worn and toned. Heavy foxing to text, a few gatherings loose but not yet detached. U. Penn classics dept. stamp to front pastedown, prelim. blank. Boards secure.. Crown 8vo. 5 x 7.5 in. xi, 402 pp. Original cloth, elaborately decorated in blind, titled in gilt on spine. Tisue-guarded engraved frontis. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer.
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- Irving Book Company (US)
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- Title
- The Tragedies of Euripides. Vol. I: Hecuba, Orestes, Phoenissae, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, Bacchae, Heraclidae, Iphigenia in Aulide, and Iphigenia in Tauris
- Author
- EURIPIDES; THEDORE ALOIS BUCKLEY (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair. Covers worn and toned. Heavy foxing to text, a few gatherings loose but not yet detached. U. Penn classics dept. stamp to
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- 1
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1857
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