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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)
Vedute di Roma: Twenty-eight plates (H. 1-2, 42, 60-2, 65, 67, 73-5, 78, 83, 92-3, 96-9, 106, 108-10, 114, 117-9, 121)
etchings, 1748-75, from Hind's Edition B. 3 with Piranesi's address and price on those plates that usually have it (H. 1-2, 42, 60), fine impressions, some with watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys (H. 3), or encircled Fleur-de-Lys with letter F (cf. Robison wmk. 28) or encircled Fleur-de-Lys surmounted by initials AMGS (cf. Robison wmk. 21) with margins the usual central vertical folds, H. 1 with a repaired tear in the left margin and a diagonal crease at the left sheet edge, H. 108 with a short backed tear at the lower edge, others with minor defects, otherwise generally in good condition, mounted on guards, bound in leather and marble boards, title on the front
overall S. 545 x 760mm.(album)
Vedute di Roma: Twenty-eight plates (H. 1-2, 42, 60-2, 65, 67, 73-5, 78, 83, 92-3, 96-9, 106, 108-10, 114, 117-9, 121)
etchings, 1748-75, from Hind's Edition B. 3 with Piranesi's address and price on those plates that usually have it (H. 1-2, 42, 60), fine impressions, some with watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys (H. 3), or encircled Fleur-de-Lys with letter F (cf. Robison wmk. 28) or encircled Fleur-de-Lys surmounted by initials AMGS (cf. Robison wmk. 21) with margins the usual central vertical folds, H. 1 with a repaired tear in the left margin and a diagonal crease at the left sheet edge, H. 108 with a short backed tear at the lower edge, others with minor defects, otherwise generally in good condition, mounted on guards, bound in leather and marble boards, title on the front
overall S. 545 x 760mm.(album)