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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI
Entrance Door to Part of the Villa called the 'Sette Bassi' on the Road to Frascati; The Baths of Diocletian: Interior of Frigidarium, South Wall; The Baths of Diocletian, showing the Church of S. Maria degli Angeli and the Piazza; and the Aqueduct of Nero leading to the Palatine; a Branch of the Aqua Claudia, from Vedute di Roma (H. 79; 115; 116; and 118)
etchings, 1766-75, on laid paper, watermark Double-Encircled Fleur-de-Lys or none, H. 79 second state (of four), H. 115-16 first states (of three), H. 118 first state (of four), from a contemporary Roman Edition, with margins, the usual central vertical folds showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, H. 116 with occasional pale staining, all with pale scattered foxing and minor surface soiling showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, pale time staining, minor binding defects at the left margin edges, otherwise generally in good condition
all S. 20 5/8 x 29 1/2in. (524 x 750mm.) (4)
Entrance Door to Part of the Villa called the 'Sette Bassi' on the Road to Frascati; The Baths of Diocletian: Interior of Frigidarium, South Wall; The Baths of Diocletian, showing the Church of S. Maria degli Angeli and the Piazza; and the Aqueduct of Nero leading to the Palatine; a Branch of the Aqua Claudia, from Vedute di Roma (H. 79; 115; 116; and 118)
etchings, 1766-75, on laid paper, watermark Double-Encircled Fleur-de-Lys or none, H. 79 second state (of four), H. 115-16 first states (of three), H. 118 first state (of four), from a contemporary Roman Edition, with margins, the usual central vertical folds showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, H. 116 with occasional pale staining, all with pale scattered foxing and minor surface soiling showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, pale time staining, minor binding defects at the left margin edges, otherwise generally in good condition
all S. 20 5/8 x 29 1/2in. (524 x 750mm.) (4)