Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Etchings with aquatint and drypoint, 1864, the complete set of 18 plates, fine impressions, from the first edition of 1864 before the numbers, published by the Real Academia, Madrid, on wove paper with a J.G.O. and Palmette watermark, bound in morocco-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt

With Don Francisco de Bofarull Ex libris

With margins, in good condition apart from some soft creasing to the margins, slight surface dirt in the margins, occasional fox marks in the margin, H. 257 with a tiny ink spot at upper right margin (outside of image). The title page with pale paper discoloration. The verso of the plates with pale offsetting, occasional pale scattered fox marks and minor surface dirt, H. 265 with a small area of scattered brown residue at lower centre verso. The boards with minor wear mainly at edges, unframed.
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