Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Seven etchings, circa 1758-75, from the Vedute di Roma, very good impressions, H. 67 with touches of burr at lower right on the building, H. 65, 67 first state (of three or five), H. 40-41, 46 third state (of six or seven), H. 77-78 second state (of four or five), all contemporary Roman editions apart from H. 65 (first Paris edition), all on paper with a Fleur-de-Lys in Double Circle watermark, apart from H. 40, 78 with an indistinct watermark, possibly the above watermark

H. 40: plate: 409 by 548mm 16 1/8 by 21½in; sheet: 535 by 748mm 21 by 29½inH. 41: plate: 377 by 590mm 14 7/8 by 23 1/8 in; sheet: 534 by 747mm 21 by 29½inH. 46: plate: 378 by 588mm 14 7/8 by 23 1/8 in; sheet: 534 by 750mm 21 by 29½inH. 65: plate: 456 by 677mm 18 by 26 5/8 in; sheet: 534 by 740mm 21 by 29 1/8 inH. 67: plate: 454 by 632mm 17 7/8 by 24 7/8 in; sheet: 533 by 752mm 21 by 29 5/8 inH. 77: plate: 430 by 654mm 16 7/8 by 25¾in; sheet: 534 by 750mm 21 by 29½inH. 78: plate: 458 by 692mm 18 by 27¼in: sheet: 534 by 746mm 21 by 29 3/8 inEach sheet with wide margins, in generally good condition apart from the usual central vertical fold, a brown semi-circular stain at right of the upper edge, pale discoloration (mainly visible at the extreme sheet edges), light surface soiling in the margins, a few pin holes, occasional faint fox marks. H. 40-41 with a pale water-stain at upper left. H. 40 with a vertical fold at left, a short vertical tear at centre of upper edge. H. 41 with minor creasing in the margins. H. 46 with a soft diagonal fold from upper right to lower edge, two vertical folds at centre left (mainly visible verso), two nicks at lower edges, extreme upper edge of central fold broken through silghtly at the extreme top edge. H. 65 with very pale water-stains at left of lower edge and lower right corner, a diagonal fold across upper right, a nick at lower left corner. H. 77 with nicks and occasional short tears at upper edge, each unframed.
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