1859/87 2vol The Comedies Of Aristophanes Antiquarian Greek Literature Book Set

The Comedies Of Aristophanes - A New & Literal Translation From The Revised Text Of Dindorf With Notes & Extracts From The Best Metrical Versions.

By William James Hickie

Volume 1 Published by Henry G. Bohn: London 1859 - Pages 1 - 386 + Publishers Advertising

Volume 2 Published by George Bell & Sons: London 1887 - Pages 387 - 747 + Publishers Advertising

"Aristophanes (c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus and Zenodora, of the deme Kydathenaion (Latin: Cydathenaeum), was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete. These provide the most valuable examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are used to define it, along with fragments from dozens of lost plays by Aristophanes and his contemporaries."

General wear to covers with outer hinge split to volume 1 otherwise light rubbing and fading present. Note that this is an odd year set and there are different shades to the colour of the covers and spines. Pages with subtle age toning otherwise particularly clean and well presented. Binding is solid with no loose pages. Both volumes in good condition overall. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.

Size 18.5cm x 12.5cm x 2.5 (x 2 volumes slight difference in size)