Twenty-two plates from: La Tauromaquia (cf. Delteil 224 ff.; Harris 204 ff.)

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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Twenty-two plates from: La Tauromaquia (cf. Delteil 224 ff.; Harris 204 ff.)
22 etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, 1816, from the set of 33 plates, First Edition, on laid paper, very good impressions printed in dark sepia, with the explanatory text and table of contents sheet on fine laid paper watermarked BARTOLOME MONGELOS, published by the artist in a very small edition of unknown size, Madrid, 1816, the full sheets, tipped to 19th century wove paper album sheets at the corners, with some associated cockling and creasing at the sheet corners, other minor defects, generally in good condition, bound in a mid-19th century green half morocco binding with marbled end-papers and title in gilt on the front, the boards worn and loose, lacking the spine(album)
P. 245 x 353 mm., S. 325 x 450 mm. (and similar)

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Lot Essay

The album contains the following plates:
plate 2 (D. 225; H. 205), plate 4 (D. 227; H. 207), plate 6-13 (D. 229-236; H. 209-216), plate 17-20 (D. 240-243; H. 220-223), plate 22 (D. 245; H. 225), plate 25-28 (D. 248-251; H. 228-231), plate 30-31 (D. 253-254; H. 233-234), plate 33 (D. 256; D. 236).

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