Claudes’s Liber Veritatis Vol. 1 / Etchings by Earlom

Article ID B0269

Title

Claudes’s Liber Veritatis Vol. 1 / Etchings by Earlom

Complete 3 volumes of Claudes's Liber Veritatis, London. Title page: "Liber Veritatis or A Collection of Prints after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain, in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Executed by Richard Earlom in the Manner and Taste of the Drawings." Volumes 1 and 2 published by Messers, Boydell and Co, Cheapside; Volume 3 Hurst, Robinson and Co, 1819. folio, red gilt calf binding (including the inside), edges untrimmed. Volume I: mezzotint portrait of Claude le Lorrain (1777), index on 14 pages, a portrait of John Boydell and then 99 numbered mezzotint plates printed in sepia follow. Volume II: index on 5 pages (including title), plates 101-200. Volume III: mezzotint portrait of Earlom (1819), 4 leaves including title and index, 1 - 100 numbered mezzotint plates printed in sepia. Boards a bit stained in places.

Year

c. 1819

Artist

Earlom

Place of Publication London
Dimensions (cm)43,5 x 31 cm
ConditionBinding in calfskin with gold embossing, Corners partially bumped off
Coloringsepia
TechniqueCopper print- Aquatinta

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2,283.00 €

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