Echoes of Hellas
Subtitle: The tale of Troy & The story of Orestes from Homer & Aeschylus
By: with introductory essay & sonnets by George C. Warr ; presented in 82 designs by Walter Crane
Publisher: M. Ward
Published: 1887
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Incidental music; Scores
Notes: "The 'Tale of Troy' is composed of selections from the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer ... translated [by Prof. Warr] as they stand, a few lines only being transposed ... The 'Story of Orestes' is an abridged version of the Orestean trilogy of Aeschylus."--Pref.

The second volume, containing the choral music to the plays, has title: Echoes of Hellas. Pianoforte arrangement of the music composed by Otto Goldschmidt, Malcolm Lawson, Walter Parratt, and W.H. Monk.

The first vol. (text and illustrations) is printed in black and terra-cotta, and has illustrated t.-p. in the two colors. The drawings were made with the brush upon lithographic zinc plates.

From the Caroline Miller Parker Collection of the works of Walter Crane.

From the Caroline Miller Parker Collection of the works of Walter Crane.

Manuscript verse "Achilles Relents" signed by Warr ("G.C.W.") on verso of v.1 half title; from the Caroline Miller Parker Collection of the works of Walter Crane.

Copy no. 13 of an unstated edition of 250 copies; each volume numbered in red ink on half-title page.

Errata slip tipped in after title page of v. 1.

Imperfect: v. 2 only.

Copy no. 21 of an unstated edition of 250 copies; each volume numbered in red ink on half-title page.

Errata slip tipped in after title page of v. 1.

Bound in publisher's white paper-covered boards, v.1 illustrated in red and gold and v.2 in red only, red and white decorated endpapers, top edges gilt.

Bound in publisher's white paper-covered boards, illustrated in red, red and white decorated endpapers, top edge gilt.

Bound in publisher's white paper-covered boards, v.1 illustrated in red and gold and v.2 in red only, red and white decorated endpapers, top edges gilt.
Table of contents: title: The tale of Troy; title: The story of Orestes.