[Three Plays] MEDEA - HIPPOLYTUS - THE BACCHAE Newly Translated by Philip Vellacott

First Collector's Easton Edition, published in advance for subscribers of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Illustrated with striking modern monochrome plates by artist Michael Ayrton and with colour frontispiece portrait of Euripides by Richard Eichman. 4to, bound in the publisher's original brown leather, the covers fully gilt in an all-over design, the spine with raised bands separating the compartments, the compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. xx, 184 pp. A truly fine copy within and without. Extremely subtle evidence of old damp on the bottom of the ndleaves, virtually unnoticeable.

Edizione: three classic plays by euripides, with striking illustrations. "the plays of euripides dealt with the human dimensions of contemporary people. the 3 included in this volume were presented in the theater on the southwest side of the acropolis. medea (431 b.c.) quickly became one of the most popular athenian dramas, and is probably the most famous greek tragedy; hippolytus (428), the only surviving play of those produced in the poet's lifetime known to have won a first prize; and the bacchae (405), the swan song of euripides, which won him a posthumous first prize and which remains one of his most provocative works." - publisher <br> the work of illustrator/artist michael ayrton is represented in several important collections including that of the tate gallery, london; the national portrait gallery, london; the museum of modern art, new york; the fry art gallery, essex.