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BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

Claude Lorrain | Liber veritatis, 1777, 2 volumes

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November 12, 04:34 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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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

Please note that this lot contains 200 plates and not 100 as stated in the printed catalogue.