Claude Lorrain | Liber veritatis, 1777, 2 volumes

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

CLAUDE LORRAIN
[Liber Veritatis. London: John Boydell, 1774–1777]

2 volumes, oblong folio (277 x 405mm.), mezzotint portrait, 200 mezzotint plates printed in sepia, contemporary diced russia gilt, plates only, bound without letterpress, plate 128 cut
round and mounted

A third volume was published much later, in 1819.

LITERATURE:
Abbey, Life 200

Condition Report:
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.

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