Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War)

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux) Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) the complete set of eighty etchings with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, 1810-20, on heavy, absorbent wove paper with a J.G.O. or Palmette watermark (some without watermark), with title and biographical essay, fine impressions printed in dark sepia or black ink, from the First Edition (Harris 1b), published by the Academia de las Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1863, before the correction of the title of plate 9, with margins, possibly the full sheets, bound with paper guards, in contemporary black leather covered boards, with artist’s name and title in gilt on the front cover and on the spine, some wear to the cover, otherwise generally in very good condition (album) Sheets: 9 3/8 x 13 in. (239 x 330 mm.) Overall: 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (246 x 350 mm.)