AESCHYLUS - 'THE TRAGEDIES'
AESCHYLUS - 'THE TRAGEDIES'
Greek and Latin text, printed by Andrew Foulis, Glasgow for Laing, Edinburgh and Payne, White and Egerton, London, 1795, folio, full gilt tooled brown calf bound, with titled spine, retaining plates, pencil inscription to front flyleaf 'ex Mackenna - Christies 23.11.98 lot 213'; together with Blackie, John Stuart (trans.) - 'The Lyrical Dramas of Aeschylus', volumes I and II, published by Parker, London, 1850, gilt tooled green leather bound by Banks of Edinburgh, the cover with gilt tooled University of Edinburgh crest (3)
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
AESCHYLUS - 'THE TRAGEDIES'
Greek and Latin text, printed by Andrew Foulis, Glasgow for Laing, Edinburgh and Payne, White and Egerton, London, 1795, folio, full gilt tooled brown calf bound, with titled spine, retaining plates, pencil inscription to front flyleaf 'ex Mackenna - Christies 23.11.98 lot 213'; together with Blackie, John Stuart (trans.) - 'The Lyrical Dramas of Aeschylus', volumes I and II, published by Parker, London, 1850, gilt tooled green leather bound by Banks of Edinburgh, the cover with gilt tooled University of Edinburgh crest (3)
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
