Lot Essay
These three series are almost always bound together in this order.
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo (F. 505-36; W.-E. 638-69); Descrizione e Disegno dell'Emissario del Lago Albano (F. 480-91; W.-E. 613-24); and Di due Spelonche ornate dagli Antichi alla Riva del Lago Albano (F. 492-504; W.-E. 625-37)
etchings with engravings, the first series complete with text and set of 32 plates, consisting of printed title, two frontispieces, dedication with vignette, text with vignette, and 28 plates, the second series complete with text, imprimatur and set of eleven plates consisting of frontispiece, text with two vignettes and eight plates, the third series complete with text, imprimatur and set of thirteen plates, consisting of text with vignette and twelve plates, very good impressions, watermarks double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys, double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys with Initials CB, Cross on three Mounds with proprietary watermark Robaco/Bernadino..., published in Rome, 1762-4, with margins, occasional foxing and pale discolouration in the margins, F. 111 (W.-E. 644) with a short horizontal and vertical split in the usual folds in the lower half of the subject, the lower portion of one vertical fold with traces of glue (?), a short repaired tear in the lower margin, the sheets otherwise generally in good condition, bound in one volume, in later half calf and marbled paper boards, with artist's name and 'Antichita d'Albano' tooled in gilt on spine
overall S. 555 x 430mm.(album)
Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo (F. 505-36; W.-E. 638-69); Descrizione e Disegno dell'Emissario del Lago Albano (F. 480-91; W.-E. 613-24); and Di due Spelonche ornate dagli Antichi alla Riva del Lago Albano (F. 492-504; W.-E. 625-37)
etchings with engravings, the first series complete with text and set of 32 plates, consisting of printed title, two frontispieces, dedication with vignette, text with vignette, and 28 plates, the second series complete with text, imprimatur and set of eleven plates consisting of frontispiece, text with two vignettes and eight plates, the third series complete with text, imprimatur and set of thirteen plates, consisting of text with vignette and twelve plates, very good impressions, watermarks double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys, double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys with Initials CB, Cross on three Mounds with proprietary watermark Robaco/Bernadino..., published in Rome, 1762-4, with margins, occasional foxing and pale discolouration in the margins, F. 111 (W.-E. 644) with a short horizontal and vertical split in the usual folds in the lower half of the subject, the lower portion of one vertical fold with traces of glue (?), a short repaired tear in the lower margin, the sheets otherwise generally in good condition, bound in one volume, in later half calf and marbled paper boards, with artist's name and 'Antichita d'Albano' tooled in gilt on spine
overall S. 555 x 430mm.(album)