FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Los Desastres de la Guerra.
Collection of 40 etchings with aquatint, 1808-23. Each approximately 158x233 mm; 6 1/4x9 1/4 inches, full margins. First edition, published in 1863; the first four groups of ten impressions each, from the complete set of eight groups and eighty total impressions, in the original green wove paper wrappers with the stencil number on the front covers of three of the groups. Printed by Laurenciano Potenciano, Madrid. Published by the Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, Madrid. Very good, richly-inked, early impressions with all the details distinct and no sign of wear, extremely scarce in this issue. Delteil 120-159; Harris 121-160.
