Vedute di Roma

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)
Vedute di Roma
fifty etchings, 1748-1770, on laid papers, watermark Fleur de Lys in a double Circle (Robison 33, dated 1760-61), very good impressions from the third Roman edition, before the removal of the address and price, with wide margins, scattered foxing, each sheet numbered in the lower margin in brown ink, some plates with staining in the upper right margin away from the image, generally in good condition, bound in half leather boards, with marbled end-papers in the front, the binding worn, the front cover loose (album)
550 x 660 mm. (overall)

Provenance

Captain Brown (according to a label on the cover).
With Agnew's., London.

Literature

Hind 1, 4-32, 34-37, 42, 43, 48, 50, 58, 59, 64, 66, 68, 82, 83, 87-89, 95, 120

Sale room notice

Please note the covers are loose from the album.

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Lot Essay

The album contains in the following sequence:
Hind 1 III/V, 120 I/III , 4 III/VI, 5 III or IV/VII, 6 IV/VI, 7 III/VII, 8 III/VI, 88 I/V, 9 III/VI, 87 I/VI, 10 II/V, 11 II or III/VI, 12 II/V, 13 I/IV, 14 III/VII, 15 III/VI, 16 IV/VI, 17 III/VII, 18 IV/VIII, 66 I/IV, 19 III or IV/ VII, 20 II/V, 21 II/V, 22 II or III/VI, 23 I/IV, 24 II/V, 25 II/V, 26 II/V, 89 I/III, 27 III/VI, 28 IV/VIII, 64 I/IV, 68 I/IV, 83 I/III, 31 II/V, 29 II or III/VI, 30 I/IV, 32 III/VI, 50 III/VI, 48 II/V, 81 I/IV, 34 III/VI, 35 III/VI, 36 I/III, 37 II/VI, 43 III/VI, 58 IV/VII, 59 III/VI, 42 IV/VII, 95 I/IV

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