Lot 39
  • 39

Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1720-1778

Estimate
16,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi
  • carceri d'invenzione (focillon 24-39; hind 1-16; robison 29-44)
Etchings, circa 1749-1761, the set of sixteen plates, many very good impressions, all but three Robison's penultimate states with the Roman numeral, before the addition of the numbers in the Firmin Didot edition (pl. X, XII, XIII with these numbers), several on paper with a Fleur de Lys in Single or Double Circle watermark (Robison Wmks. 20, 36), most with wide margins, pl. V, VII, VIII, XV with small margins, usual central fold (some broken through and reinforced), some plates with foxing and minor discoloration, condition good overall