Эсхил. Трагедии.
Перевод, статьи и комментарии А. И. Пиотровского; гравюры на дереве и переплет Г. А. Ечеистова.
Москва, Ленинград: ACADEMIA, 1937.
XXXII, 411, [4] с., 2 л. ил.; 23 × 16 см.
В издательском коленкоровом переплете, с синим шелковым ляссе.
Примечание: в хорошем состоянии, разломы форзацев.
Тираж: 5 300 экз.
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Aeschylus. Tragedies (Tragedii).
Translation, articles, and commentary by A. I. Piotrovsky; wood engravings and binding by G. A. Echeistov.
Moscow, Leningrad: ACADEMIA, 1937.
XXXII, 411, [4] p., 2 leaves of plates; 23 × 16 cm.
Publisher’s cloth binding, with blue silk ribbon bookmark.
Note: in good condition, splits to endpapers.
Print run: 5,300 copies.
A definitive Soviet scholarly edition of the tragedies of Aeschylus, the father of Greek drama, published in 1937 by the renowned Academia press. This volume features a complete translation, extensive critical articles, and commentary by the noted philologist and translator A. I. Piotrovsky. The edition is distinguished by its artistic design, including wood engravings and a binding executed by the artist G. A. Echeistov. As a product of high Stalinist scholarship, it exemplifies the Soviet engagement with classical antiquity, presenting ancient Greek tragedy through a meticulously prepared academic lens.