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The Downfall and Death of King Oedipus. A Drama in Two Parts. Chiefly Taken from the Oedipus Tyrannus and Colonaeus of Sophocles. The Inter Act Choruses are from Potter

The Downfall and Death of King Oedipus. A Drama in Two Parts. Chiefly Taken from the Oedipus Tyrannus and Colonaeus of Sophocles. The Inter Act Choruses are from Potter

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The Downfall and Death of King Oedipus. A Drama in Two Parts. Chiefly Taken from the Oedipus Tyrannus and Colonaeus of Sophocles. The Inter Act Choruses are from Potter

by Sophocles; Fitzgerald, Edward; Robert Anning Bell (bookplate)

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Guilford: Billing and Sons, 1881. Hardcover. Very good overall. A scarce volume with a handsome Robert Anning Bell designed bookplate for Emily Stevens Ladenburg [1865 - 1937]. Emily was the wife of banker Adolph Ladenburg, co-founder in 1876 of the American merchant bank Ladenburg Thalmann. Bound by Macmillan and Bowes, Cambridge.

Slim 8vo, 46pp, (1) viii (&) Part II, title "Oedipus at Athens", 45pp. Black 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt title at spine. Upper back corner rubbed away. OCLC:17454306, at 9 libraries.

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Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
26770
Title
The Downfall and Death of King Oedipus. A Drama in Two Parts. Chiefly Taken from the Oedipus Tyrannus and Colonaeus of Sophocles. The Inter Act Choruses are from Potter
Author
Sophocles; Fitzgerald, Edward; Robert Anning Bell (bookplate)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very good overall
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Billing and Sons
Place of Publication
Guilford
Date Published
1881
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Bookplate
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The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Marbled boards
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