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Liber Veritatis. Or, a Collection of Two Hundred Prints, after the Original Designs of Claude le Lorrain, in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire


[vol. 3] Liber Veritatis; or A Collection of Prints, after the Original Designs of Claude le Lorrain; in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Spencer, Richard Payne Knight [et al.]
Richard Earlom (English, 1743–1822)
After: Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French (active in Rome), 1600–1682)
Mezzotint by: Josiah (Joshua) Boydell (English, 1752–1817)
Engraved by: Benjamin Smith (English, 1754–1833)
After: Charles Borckhardt (English, active 1784–1825)
Mezzotint by: Thomas Lupton (English, 1791–1873)
After: Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)
Publisher: John Boydell (English, 1719–1804)
Publisher: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.
Printer: Thomas Davison (English, early 19th century)
1777–1819
Place of Publication: London, England

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 302 mezzotints and one stipple engraving
Dimensions Overall (each vol. [approximately]): 41.8 x 28.8 x 3.4 cm (16 7/16 x 11 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2247a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: [v. 1-2] John Boydell, 1777; [v. 3] Thomas Davison, for Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1819

Description(London: [v. 1-2] John Boydell, 1777; [v. 3] Thomas Davison, for Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1819) Folio, three volumes; [v. 1] 4 letterpress leaves plus 101 plates, [v. 2] 5 letterpress leaves plus 101 plates, [v. 3] 4 letterpress leaves plus 101 plates; half gilt-stamped brown calf, marbled paper boards.

Reproductive illustrations after drawings by Claude Lorrain; frontispiece portraits of Claude Lorrain, Boydell, and Earlom
ProvenanceCharles E. Lauriat Co., Boston; Charles F. Bates; purchased in 1922 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.