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[PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) and others.] Varie vedute di Roma antica, e moderna. Disegnate e intagliate da celebri autori. Rome: a spese di Fausto Amidei, 1748 [but some plates dated 1750].
2o (322 x 230 mm). Etched title and 93 etched plates (47 by Piranesi, others by LeGeay, Duflos, Anesi and Bellicard). (Some light staining to inner margin at beginning, some occasional light spotting.) Contemporary sheep (rubbed, some abrasions). Provenance: Donaueschingen, Fürstliche Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek (old ink stamp on engraved title and last plate).
An early Piranesi survey of the Roman bulidings of antiquity with wide margins, from an important royal library. The Varie vedute include Piranesi's first topographical engravings. Jahrbuch 1953.
2o (322 x 230 mm). Etched title and 93 etched plates (47 by Piranesi, others by LeGeay, Duflos, Anesi and Bellicard). (Some light staining to inner margin at beginning, some occasional light spotting.) Contemporary sheep (rubbed, some abrasions). Provenance: Donaueschingen, Fürstliche Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek (old ink stamp on engraved title and last plate).
An early Piranesi survey of the Roman bulidings of antiquity with wide margins, from an important royal library. The Varie vedute include Piranesi's first topographical engravings. Jahrbuch 1953.