PIRANESI, Francisco. Sciographia quatuor templorum veterum [spine entitled: Supplement aux Antiquites], [n.p.]: 1776 [plates dated 1780], 2°, double-page engraved title, 47 engraved plates, some double-page, by and after Francisco Piranesi (upper corner of last few plates dampstained, mainly marginal light spotting), contemporary mottled calf, gilt - tooled border (rebacked, front joints split, spine rubbed). [cf. Berlin Kat. 1878] Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
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PIRANESI, Francisco. Sciographia quatuor templorum veterum [spine entitled: Supplement aux Antiquites], [n.p.]: 1776 [plates dated 1780], 2°, double-page engraved title, 47 engraved plates, some double-page, by and after Francisco Piranesi (upper corner of last few plates dampstained, mainly marginal light spotting), contemporary mottled calf, gilt - tooled border (rebacked, front joints split, spine rubbed). [cf. Berlin Kat. 1878] Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
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Sciographia was published as part VI of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Works. See front cover illustration.