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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Temple of Venus and Roma (erroneously called Temple of Sol and Luna), from Vedute di Roma (H. 50)
etching, 1759, third state (of six), with Piranesi's address and price and the altered title, a very good impression, from a contemporary Roman Edition, watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys (H. 3), with wide margins, the usual central vertical fold mainly noticeable on the reverse, a few nicks at the sheet edges, some staining and foxing in the margins and on the reverse, P. 410 x 554mm.; The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of St. Urban (H.48 ii/v); and The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina (H.49 iii/vi) (3)
The Temple of Venus and Roma (erroneously called Temple of Sol and Luna), from Vedute di Roma (H. 50)
etching, 1759, third state (of six), with Piranesi's address and price and the altered title, a very good impression, from a contemporary Roman Edition, watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys (H. 3), with wide margins, the usual central vertical fold mainly noticeable on the reverse, a few nicks at the sheet edges, some staining and foxing in the margins and on the reverse, P. 410 x 554mm.; The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of St. Urban (H.48 ii/v); and The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina (H.49 iii/vi) (3)