Beschreibung:

Goya y Lucientes (Francisco de, 1746-1828). Los Caprichos, FIRST EDITION, 1799, published by the artist, the complete set of eighty etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, on laid paper without watermark, fine to good impressions printed in warm sepia and greyish ink, very fine to good impressions printing with great contrasts and bright highlights, with touches of burr on plate 31, with wide margins, some foxing to the plates, otherwise generally in very good, original condition, bound in early to mid-19th century morocco-backed marbled boards, flat spine lettered in gilt, plate sizes overall 21.5 x 15 cm (8 1/2 x 5 7/8 ins), sheets overall 30 x 20 cm (11 7/8 x 7 7/8 ins), album 31 x 21.5 cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/2 ins.) (Quantity: 1) Provenance: Damian Boscana, Palma, Majorca, with his signature in pen and brown ink ‘Es. De Boscana 1841’, his stamp printed twice on the title page (not in Lugt); Sotheby’s, London, 18 March 2014, Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints, lot 15 (unsold). Literature: Loys Delteil 38-117; Tomás Harris 36-115.