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[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.]
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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)
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)
After: Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French (active in Rome), 1600–1682)
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 301 mezzotints, 159 etchings, and one stipple engraving
Dimensions
Overall (vol. 1): 55.7 x 45.5 x 4 cm (21 15/16 x 17 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.771a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
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) Large folio, three volumes; [v. 1] 6 letterpress leaves, plus 100 leaves of plates; [v. 2] 3 letterpress leaves, plus 100 leaves of plates; [v. 3] 4 letterpress leaves, plus 102 leaves of plates; nineteenth-century blind- and gilt-stamped brown calf with neoclassical motifs (binder's ticket: "C. Smith, 19 Oxenden Street, Hay Market").
Reproductive illustrations after drawings by Claude Lorrain; frontispiece portraits of Boydell and Earlom
Reproductive illustrations after drawings by Claude Lorrain; frontispiece portraits of Boydell and Earlom
ProvenanceFrederic Perkins [bookplate, two versions]; Jeremiah Harman [sale May 1844--inscription front flyleaf]; W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955), by whom bequeathed to MFA, 1963.