Los Proverbios

FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828) Los Proverbios the complete set of 18 etchings with aquatint and drypoint, 1816-24, on heavy wove paper, watermark Palmette or without watermark, good to very good impressions from the First Edition of three hundred copies, published by the Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1864, with the lithographic title-page, with wide margins; together with the Seis estampas de diferentes copias de los cuadros de Velazquez (H. 11-16), Third Edition, published by the Calcografia in 1868; all bound in blue cloth-covered boards, with orange-tinted sheet edges, the binding worn, the front cover detached, the set of Proverbios with minor defects, otherwise in good condition, the six plates after Velazquez with some tears and stains; the album loosely containing five additional plates from Los Proverbios (plates 5, 8, 15, 17 and 18) and three plates from La Tauromaquia (plates 20, 21 and 30), all from the First Editions, with folds, staining and other defects Plate 245 x 253 mm. (and similar) Sheet 313 x 475 mm. (and similar) 320 x 485 x 15 mm. (album, overall)