Los Caprichos (Delteil 38-117; Harris 26-115)

• a very fine, early first edition set before the scratch on plate 45, printed in warm sepia and brown ink of different shades, some in greyish brown, displaying striking contrasts and luminous highlights, the very delicate half-tones printing to full effect as is indicative of the earliest examples, the aquatint rich and even, several plates with touches of burr, published by the artist, Madrid, 1799, disbound, each sheet mounted and framed, accompanied by the contemporary Spanish mottled calf binding with F.G. stamped on the cover and black borders around the edges, the title and artist’s name in gilt letters on red morocco label on the spine, with marbled end papers
• 315,0 x210,0 x 20,0mm