Euripides’ Orestes, Foulis Edition Crimean War The first edition of Speed's

The first edition of Speed's "Theatre" was published in 1612

15 x 11 cm

This map of the continent of Africa is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers

Chiquet (1673-1721) was a relatively successful Parisian engraver

loose as issued in a paper folder

Euripides’ Orestes, Foulis Edition Crimean War The first edition of Speed's[Greek title] Orestes. Adjecta est ad finem versio Latina, ex editione J. Barnes [] Glasguae [Glasgow], in Aedibus Academicis, excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis 1753 Euripides play recounts events following Orestes murder of his mother, Clytemnestra, in revenge for her murder of his father, Agamemnon. The text follows Joshua Barnes excellent Cambridge edition, first printed in 1694. Condition & Materials 8vo. pp. [ii], 159, [i]. Text in Greek with