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Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1720-1778
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- veduta della basilica e piazza di s. pietro in vaticano; and veduta della basilica di s. giovanni laterano (h. 3, 8)
- 400 by 540mm; 15 3/4 by 21 1/4 in
- 393 by 545mm; 15 3/8 by 21 1/2 in
Etchings, 1748-49, two plates from the Vedute di Roma, fine impressions, H. 3 the fourth state (of seven) on paper with a Fleur-de-Lys in Single Circle watermark, H. 8 the third (of six) on paper with a Fleur-de-Lys in Double Circle watermark, contemporary Roman edition Hind's state B3, with margins, usual central vertical fold, slight surface dirt along edges of sheets, H. 8 with pale paper discoloration and minor foxmarks along central vertical fold, otherwise in generally good condition