Los Desastres de la Guerra

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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
Los Desastres de la Guerra
the complete set of eighty etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, 1810-20, on laid paper, without watermark, without title-page, with the biographical introduction, a very good set from the Second Edition of one hundred copies, published by the Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1892, the full sheets, in a contemporary brown quarter calf and marbled board binding, generally in very good condition
Plates 174 x 218 mm., Sheets 235 x 320 mm. (and similar)
240 x 345 x 27 mm. (album)

Provenance

Dr. Heinrich Becker (1881-1972), Bielefeld; then by descent to the present owners.

Literature

Delteil 120-199; Harris 121-200

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Lot Essay

The second edition of Los Desastres de la Guerra was limited to one hundred copies and appears to be a relatively uncommon survival as a complete set. To our knowledge, only one other complete volume of the second edition has been offered at auction within the last thirty years.

Harris considers the second edition superior to all subsequent printings.

For further works from the collection of Dr Heinrich Becker please view lots 66-78.

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