GOYA Y LUCIENTES (FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE) [La tauromaquia] La taureaumachie. Recueil de quarante estampes inventées et gravées a l'eau-forte, third edition, engraved title printed in black and red with engraved portrait and vignettes by Loizelet, letterpress title printed in red and black, 40 ETCHED PLATES BY GOYA (numbered 1-33, and A-G) on laid paper watermarked 'Arches', without the second portrait of Goya, title lightly soiled, light spotting in margins of three plates, contemporary half morocco, gilt lettered 'Goya. La Tauromaquia' on upper cover, rebacked to match [Harris 204-243], oblong folio (312 x 468mm.), Paris, Loizelet, [1876] Footnotes: THE FIRST COMPLETE EDITION. 'In this remarkable series, Goya has immortalised the valour and skill of his [bull-fighting] contemporaries' (Harris). First published in 1816 in a series of 33 plates, and again in 1855, this third edition printed in Paris by Loizelet is the first to include seven 'rejected plates'. Harris notes that the 'edition appears to have been small'. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com