SOPHOCLES Surviving Tragedy Plays & Fragments of of Lost Plays 1849 G. Dindorfii

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Latin:

Sophoclis Tragodeiae Superstites Et Deperditarum Fragmenta. Ex Recensione G. Dindorfii. Editio Secunda Emendatior. Oxonii; E. Typographeo Academico; MDCCCXLIX.

English:

The Survivors of Sophocles' Tragedy and the Fragments of the Lost. From the Recension of G. Dindorfii. The Second Improved Edition. Oxford; E. Academic Press; MDCCCXLIX (1849).

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The book features a collection of surviving plays from the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, as well as fragments of plays that have been lost over time. Dindorfii's edition includes notes and commentary on each play and fragment, as well as an introduction that provides historical and cultural context for Sophocles' work. The book offers valuable insights into the literary and theatrical traditions of ancient Greece, as well as the influence of Sophocles on subsequent generations of playwrights and writers.

Size: 22.5 x 15 x 3.5 cm.

Condition: Very Good (VG+)

Text block very clean with light toning and very sporadic very minor foxing. Minor rubbing on spine. Tooled label present with very minor wear. Both boards attached with very minor wear to joints and hinges. Minor rubbing, scuffing and scratches on boards. Minor shelf wear. Some rubbing to corners. Dulling to page edges. Pencil ownership inscription on front pastedown. Minor foxing on endpapers. Light toning and minor foxing on title page. Very few and very sporadically placed pencil inscriptions in the margins (identified two, on pages 170 and 243 which are pictured).

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