PROMETHEUS BOUND and PROMETHEUS UNBOUND

  • Hardcover
  • Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1965
By AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe
Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. John Farleigh. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 11") bound in two shades of fine linen buckram-- ivory and powder-blue--divided horizontally, with two rows of decorative ornaments stamped in gold along the joint, and with spine labels of the same shades of buckram applied to the contrasting areas. Printed by the Joh. Enschede en Zonen printing house in Holland on paper made in Holland specially for this edition. Translated and with an introduction by Rex Warner. Illustrated with 16 monochrome drawings by John Farleigh executed in line and wash over a buff background. Copy #877 of 1500, issued unsigned.

"Poison enveloping the mind of the man
who would rule as tyrant, makes him trust no one"

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