LORRAIN, CLAUDE (CLAUDE GELE) & RICHARD EARLDOM. LIBER VERITATIS. OR, A COLLECTION OF TWO HUNDRED PRINTS AFTER THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS. LONDON: JOHN BOYDELL, [C.1814]-1819.

LORRAIN, CLAUDE (CLAUDE GELE) & RICHARD EARLDOM. LIBER VERITATIS. OR, A COLLECTION OF TWO HUNDRED PRINTS AFTER THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS. LONDON: JOHN BOYDELL, [C.1814]-1819.

2O (419 X 279 MM). MEZZOTINT ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE PORTRAITS OF CLAUDE LORRAIN BY J. BOYDELL (VOL. 1), AND OF JOHN BOYDELL BY B. SMITH (VOL. 3), ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT OF RICHARD EARLOM BY T. LIPTON (VOL. 2). 300 MEZZOTINT ENGRAVED PLATES BY EARLOM AFTER CLAUDE LORRAIN (FOXING TO FRONTISPIECE PORTRAITS AND MANY MARGINS, USUALLY NOT AFFECTING PLATES). HALF GILT-RULED RED MOROCCO, GILT SPINE, G.E., MARBLED BOARDS (CORNERS BUMPED AND WORN, EDGES SCRAPED AND PEELED, FRONT HINGES OF VOL. 3 CRACKED).

SECOND EDITION. THE FIRST EDITION WAS PUBLISHED 1777-1817. THE WORK HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDERED A MASTERPIECE IN THE HISTORY OF THE PRODUCTION OF PRINTS AND ENGRAVING.