Los Proverbios (D. 202-219; H. 248-265)

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) Los Proverbios (D. 202-219; H. 248-265) the complete set of 18 etchings with burnished aquatint and drypoint, before 1824, on smooth wove paper, without watermark, a very rare, uniform set of trial proofs (Harris II.1.), before the scratch through the phantom on plate 2, before numbers and before the first edition of 1864, presumably printed around 1854 (possibly the Provôt set cited in Harris), fine, cleanly wiped impressions printed in black, with wide margins, presumably the full sheets, generally in good condition P. 9 7/16 x 13¾ in. (240 x 350 mm.), S. 14 x 20 7/8 in. (357 x 530 mm.)