Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War)
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Ref. 461c
Etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, title, biographical essay and the set of 80 plates from the First Edition, almost certainly one of the twelve very rare presentation copies in 'luxury bindings' made for the Royal Family and Ministers, published by the Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1863, on firm wove paper without watermark (plate 9 on paper from the normal First Edition), gilt edges, gilt tooled brown morocco boards with gilt title and tooled designs on the spine
Overall Size 24.7 x 36 cm
Provenance: Marques de Miraflores (1792-1872), Premier of Spain 1846 and 1863-4 ; then by descent in the family to Christie's Auction 1993
Literature: Harris 121-200 Harris knew of only one other presentation copy on this paper. It formed part of his own collection, which is in the British Museum, London, although the latter example no longer has the original binding. We have not located any other similar albums