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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI
Hadrian's Villa. Remains of the Smaller Palace (Formerly called the Temple of Apollo); Hadrian's Villa: The So-Called Poecile.; Hadrian's Villa: The Apse of the So-Called Hall of the Philosophers; and Hadrian's Villa: Remains of the So-Called Pretorio, from Vedute di Roma (H. 85; 94; 112; and 113)
etchings, 1768-74, on laid paper, watermark Double-Encircled Fleur-de-Lys or none, H. 85 second state (of four), H. 94 first state (of four), H. 112 and 113 first states (of three), from a contemporary Roman Edition, with margins, the usual central vertical folds showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, occasional pale scattered foxing and minor surface soiling showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, H. 113 with a few pale stains at the margin edges, 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)
Hadrian's Villa. Remains of the Smaller Palace (Formerly called the Temple of Apollo); Hadrian's Villa: The So-Called Poecile.; Hadrian's Villa: The Apse of the So-Called Hall of the Philosophers; and Hadrian's Villa: Remains of the So-Called Pretorio, from Vedute di Roma (H. 85; 94; 112; and 113)
etchings, 1768-74, on laid paper, watermark Double-Encircled Fleur-de-Lys or none, H. 85 second state (of four), H. 94 first state (of four), H. 112 and 113 first states (of three), from a contemporary Roman Edition, with margins, the usual central vertical folds showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, occasional pale scattered foxing and minor surface soiling showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, H. 113 with a few pale stains at the margin edges, 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)