Francisco DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828) Los Caprichos. circa 1799. Etching, aquatint, burin and drypoint. Sheet size: 321 to 327 x 217 to 233 mm. Delteil 38 to 117 - Harris 36 to 115. Complete suite of 80 plates from the second edition published by Chalcographie de Madrid for the Royal Academy around 1855. Superb proofs, printed in deep black or a small part in sepia, on cream vellum or white. Thin light strip of oxidation along some edges of almost all boards. General oxidation at the pl. 1 and on the back of pl. 80. Fine foxing on the margins or on the back of the plates. 7, 32, 33, 41, 42, 62, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 79 and 80. Folds, some broken, on pl. 1, 2 and 3. Tear at the right edge of the pl. 1. Tiny dirt around the edge of the board on the sides. 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, 34, 36, 38, 40 and in the margins of pl. 21 and 25. Traces of friction on the surface outside the subject on pl. 6, 12, 13, 15 to 18, 21, 23, 26 to 28, 30, 32 to 37, 45, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 60, 61, 67, 70 to 77 and 79. Offset of the stroke of the board and the sheet at the pls. 4, 25 to 27, 32, 62, 64, 69, 71, 72 and 77. Slight scratches on the plates. 50, 55, 62, 64, 73, 75 and 76. Missing the cover. All margins. Rare.