ARISTOPHANES

13 vol. in-8vo, some foxing. Text in Greek. Uniform polished calf bindings, marbled edges. Lacking vol. 14. Aristophanes most famous play was "Lysistrata", where the women of Athens, decide to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers in order to force them to negotiate a peaceful end to the Peloponnesian War. The celebrated Ravenna MS. was brought to the notice of European scholars by Filippo Invernizzi, in the year 1794. The edition which he commenced was continued by Beck, one of the most learned men of his time and completed by Dindorf. Provenance: heraldic bookplates of William Arthur, Sixth Duke of Portland. We add: EURIPIDES. With an English commentary by F.A. PALEY. Second edition. London, 1872-1880. 3 vol. in-8vo, prize bindings in polished calf with gilt arms on upper boards 'Schola Stamfordiensis', all edges gilt, spines gilt (together: 16 vol.)