9 etchings from "Los Caprichos".

Etching and aquatint, c. 21,4 x 14,8 cm (plates), c. 31,8 x 22,0 cm (sheets), laid paper, 2 plate signed, all plate titled and numb. (foxing, mostly light and marg., 2 more heavily, few sm. stains, 1 browned and soiled, 4 light marg. water stains, edges frayed).

Good impressions with margins.

From the 1st ed. (after the working and trial proofs) printed for Goya and offered for sale. This is indicated by the quality of the impressions and the characteristics of the plates (not bevelled yet, false biting in margins still visible) and of the paper (dimensions, laid). Our set includes pl. 56 "Subir y bajar", pl. 60 "Ensayos", pl. 62 "Quien lo creyera!", pl. 63 "Miren que grabes!", pl. 64 "Buen viage", pl. 67 "Aguarda que te unten", pl. 71 "Si amanece; nos vamos", pl. 75 "No hay quien nos desate?", and pl. 77 "Unos à otros".
Ref. Harris 91, 95, 97-99, 102, 106, 110, 112.