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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum, from Vedute di Roma (H. 56)
etching, 1760, third state (of six), with Piranesi's address and price, a good impression, from a contemporary Roman Edition, watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys (H. 3), with narrow margins on three sides, trimmed on the platemark and with a narrow paper adhesion at the lower sheet edge, the usual central vertical fold, one or two backed areas visible on the reverse, some surface abrasions in the margins, some pale discolouration, P. 408 x 544mm.; and The Colosseum (H. 57 i/iv), from a contemporary Roman Edition, some defects (2)
The Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum, from Vedute di Roma (H. 56)
etching, 1760, third state (of six), with Piranesi's address and price, a good impression, from a contemporary Roman Edition, watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys (H. 3), with narrow margins on three sides, trimmed on the platemark and with a narrow paper adhesion at the lower sheet edge, the usual central vertical fold, one or two backed areas visible on the reverse, some surface abrasions in the margins, some pale discolouration, P. 408 x 544mm.; and The Colosseum (H. 57 i/iv), from a contemporary Roman Edition, some defects (2)