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CLAUDE GELLÉE. RICHARD EARLOM LIBER VERITAS OR A COLLECTION OF TWO HUNDRED PRINTS AFTER THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF CLAUDE LORRAIN. LONDON 1777-1819

IN FOLIO

3 vol. COMPLETE

Fascinating coeval bindings in full Moroccan hazelnut with gold frame.

Renowned collection of drawings, originally created and collected by the painter to illustrate the works created during his career and which today they are preserved in the British Museum.

The three-volume work, which contains 300 extraordinary aquatint plates, is often found in two volumes with 200 plates, but in 1819 a third volume was then printed, present here, containing another 100 plates.

"A milestone in the history of reproductions of the masters' drawings" (Abbey Life 200).

€ 7.000,00

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