Prometheus Bound.

£150 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

'Unto this desolate and unpeopled realm/This Scythian desert, earth's extremity/Now we are come.' The fourth Earl of Carnarvon is better remembered for holding various positions over his lifetime such as cabinet minister, Colonial Secretary and Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. However, he began his academic life at Oxford University, with a first Class Honours degree in Classics. Before his translation of Prometheus Bound, he published his version of The Agamemnon in 1879. 8vo (200 x 135mm); rough-cut pages, a clean copy; bound in full vellum, ruled in gilt, gilt titles, gilt top edge, inner-dentelles, marbled endpapers, very good; [xviii], [1], 69pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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