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1999 Goya’s Caprichos: The Prado Bicentennial Catalogue from the Library of President Václav Klaus

Francisco de Goya – El Libro de los Caprichos: Dos siglos de interpretaciones (1799–1999). Catálogo de los dibujos, pruebas de estado, láminas de cobre y estampas de la primera edición. By Javier Blas, José Manuel Matilla, and José Miguel Medrano. Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado, 1999. Folio (34.5 × 40 cm). 414, [2] pp. Profusely illustrated throughout, including reproductions of drawings, proofs, copper plates, and first-edition impressions from Los Caprichos. Original patterned boards with blue cloth spine.

Major scholarly catalogue issued for the bicentenary of Los Caprichos, documenting the Prado’s holdings and the graphic history of Goya’s celebrated series. Elegantly produced with extensive full-page plates and detailed catalogue entries. Colophon bears the ownership stamps of Czech presidential couple Václav Klaus and Livia Klausová.

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