Lysistrata / by Aristophanes ; done into English by Jack Lindsay ; illustrations by Norman Lindsay

Aristophanes

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/3809

Author

Imprint

London: Fanfrolico Press, five Bloomsbury Square, W.C., 1926

Physical Description

xii, 51 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 39 cm.

General Note

"For sale to subscribers only." [Title page].
Illustrated with 4 full-page plates and 8 smaller in-text illustrations by Norman Lindsay.

Provenance

The front pastedown carries the armorial bookplate of Gilbert MacSwiney. "Ex libris: Quo fata vocant, Gilbert MacSwiney"

Copy Note

“Of this edition seven hundred and twenty-five copies have been printed on Batchelor’s handmade paper. Four hundred and twenty-five copies for sale in England and three hundred copies for sale oversea. This is copy No. 19 overseas.” Numbered and signed in pencil by Jack Lindsay.

Binding Note


Half blue morocco over decorative gilt paper covered boards.

Subject

Illustrated books
Ancient Greek plays
Peloponnesian War (Greece : 431-404 B.C.)

Contributors