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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma (F. 428-457, 459-79)
etchings, before 1762, two engraved titles (Latin and Italian), six page dedication with two headpieces, 69 pages of text with two initial letters and two tailpieces, twelve pages of indices, seventeen pages
of text relating to the large plan of the Campo Marzio and 47 sheets (including a folding plate, the six-sheet plan of Campo Marzio and a double plate by G. B. Piranesi and a further folding plate after F. Fontana by A. van Westerhout, lacking pl. XXVII (F. 458), published Rome, 1762, with margins, a water stain at the top throughout, with small associated losses to the sheet edge on pls. XXXIX-XLVIII, marbled boards, calf corners and spine, gilt title on spine, slightly rubbed, front loose
overall S. 540 x 420 mm (album)
Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma (F. 428-457, 459-79)
etchings, before 1762, two engraved titles (Latin and Italian), six page dedication with two headpieces, 69 pages of text with two initial letters and two tailpieces, twelve pages of indices, seventeen pages
of text relating to the large plan of the Campo Marzio and 47 sheets (including a folding plate, the six-sheet plan of Campo Marzio and a double plate by G. B. Piranesi and a further folding plate after F. Fontana by A. van Westerhout, lacking pl. XXVII (F. 458), published Rome, 1762, with margins, a water stain at the top throughout, with small associated losses to the sheet edge on pls. XXXIX-XLVIII, marbled boards, calf corners and spine, gilt title on spine, slightly rubbed, front loose
overall S. 540 x 420 mm (album)