[Eleven bound plates of Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]
Claude le Lorraine delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Jan: 1.st 1774 [to Jan.y 1.st 1776] by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Oblong folio, later cloth; 11 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes. Each plate c. 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). First plate with surface soiling, wear to edges.
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, five from the collection of Earl Spencer and five from Charles Lambert's. They were issued as part of the Subscription Edition of the third volume of John Boydell's highly successful 'Liber Veritatis'. The first two volumes were published in 1774 and 1777, and contained mezzotint copies by Richard Earlom of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', owned by the Duke of Devonshire, which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes. This third volume, also by Earlom, contained 100 plates of paintings in other collections. Engraving the plates of this additional volume began in January 1802 and the completed book was published 1819. The plates are numbers 140, 128, 109, 110, 99, 91, 87, 42, 3 & 16, evidence of removal of plates.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60829.
[Ref: 60828] £480.00
Published Jan: 1.st 1774 [to Jan.y 1.st 1776] by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Oblong folio, later cloth; 11 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes. Each plate c. 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). First plate with surface soiling, wear to edges.
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, five from the collection of Earl Spencer and five from Charles Lambert's. They were issued as part of the Subscription Edition of the third volume of John Boydell's highly successful 'Liber Veritatis'. The first two volumes were published in 1774 and 1777, and contained mezzotint copies by Richard Earlom of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', owned by the Duke of Devonshire, which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes. This third volume, also by Earlom, contained 100 plates of paintings in other collections. Engraving the plates of this additional volume began in January 1802 and the completed book was published 1819. The plates are numbers 140, 128, 109, 110, 99, 91, 87, 42, 3 & 16, evidence of removal of plates.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60829.
[Ref: 60828] £480.00