Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)

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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)

Los Desastres de la Guerra (L.D. 120-7, 129-199; T.H. 121-128, 130-200)

etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, title, biographical essay, and 79 from the set of 80 plates, lacking Plate 9, from the First Edition, apparently one of the very rare presentation copies 'in luxury bindings' made for the Royal Family and ministers, published by the Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1863, on firm wove paper, without watermark, T.H. 121 with one or two short tears at the edges, several with one or two pale foxmarks, some creasing and other defects at the right sheet edges, gilt edges, stitching loose and part disbound, gilt tooled brown morocco boards, with gilt title and tooled designs on the spine, some rubbing, other defects
overall S. 247 x 360mm. (album)

Provenance

Marqués de Miraflores (1792-1872), Premier of Spain in 1846 and 1873, and thence dy decent to the present owner

Lot Essay

The quality of the paper and the printing of this example matches the Tomás Harris special issue of the First Edition in the British Museum - although the sheet sizes of the latter are slightly smaller (225 x 328mm. compared with 238 x 348mm.). Harris' belief that this may be one of the rare Presentation copies for the Royal Family and Ministers appears to be confirmed by the provenance of the present example

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