FOUR PLATES, FROM LIBER VERITATIS; OR A COLLECTION OF PRINTS, AFTER THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF CLAUDE LE LORRAIN, IN THE COLLECTION OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE

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RICHARD EARLOM, (1743-1822), AFTER CLAUDE GELLÉE, LE LORRAIN (1660-1682)
FOUR PLATES, FROM LIBER VERITATIS; OR A COLLECTION OF PRINTS, AFTER THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF CLAUDE LE LORRAIN, IN THE COLLECTION OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE
Etchings and mezzotints, printed in warm sepia, 1774-5, on laid paper, fine impressions with scratch letters, the text guidelines still visible, published by J. Boydell and Co., London, 1777 and 1819, each with margins, some pale foxing and soft creasing in the margins, otherwise generally in good condition, framed
P. 205 x 260 mm., S. 290 x 393 mm. (each) (4)

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Lot Essay

Earlom's mezzotints after Claude's Liber Veritatis are a landmark in the history of the reproduction of Old Master Drawings. A veritable Catalogue Raisonné, the complete set of three volumes includes over 300 prints and was intended as a guide to the authenticity of Claude's work, forgeries of which were already in circulation during his lifetime.

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