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Lot 20
  • 20

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi
  • Vasi Candelabri Cippi Sarcofagi Tripodi Lucerne ed Ornamenti Antichi (F. 601-718)
  • Sheet: each circa 555 by 780mm; 21 5/8 by 30 3/4 in
Etchings, 1778, volume one, title and 52 plates, volume two, frontispiece and 51 plates, each on paper with Fleur-de-Lys in a Single and Double Circle watermark (cf. Robison wmk. 20 and 36), with margins, the usual central vertical fold, occasional fox marks and handling creases, volume one a few plates with a fold across lower right corner, otherwise in generally good condition