The tragedies of Aeschylus. . Re-edited with an English commentary by F.A. Paley.
Aeschylus (c.525 - c.456 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1855
Materials
leather, paper
Measurements
220 x 149 mm; 45 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3088391
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxxvi,604p. . 8vo.. With marginal marks and manuscript notes throughout in the hand of Sir G.O. Trevelyan. Date of reading 1904; 1905; 1906. Page 421 (Agamemnon) appears to have a transcription from Macaulay's reading of the same play in another edition: 'A noble play indeed. I shall go over it again next week Nov 15 1835'. See also p.509.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on flyleaf: 'GO Trevelyan [i.e. Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928)] pro literis humanioribus ... C.J. Vaughan [i.e. Charles Vaughan, headmaster of Harrow School (1816-1897)] AD VIII Id April MDCCCLVI' [i.e. 1856]. Binding: Full leather binding with the Harrow arms as a centrepiece on boards; double gilt fillets to form borders; gold tooled on spine;red spine label gilt lettered: Paley's Aeschylus; marbled endpapers and edges.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Aeschylus (c.525 - c.456 BCE) Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815-1888)