Claude Lorrain | Liber veritatis, 1777, 2 volumes
BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108
CLAUDE LORRAIN
[Liber Veritatis. London: John Boydell, 1774–1777]
2 volumes, oblong folio (277 x 405mm.), mezzotint portrait, 200 mezzotint plates printed in sepia, contemporary diced russia gilt, plates only, bound without letterpress, plate 128 cut
round and mounted
A third volume was published much later, in 1819.
LITERATURE:
Abbey, Life 200
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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