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Giovanni Battista and Francesco Piranesi 1720-1778 AND 1756-1810 OPERA, COMPRISING 22 WORKS IN 15 VOLUMES Volumes I-IV 1. Le Antichità Romane (Focillon 144-395; Hind p. 83) Etchings, 1756, four volumes, comprising: Volume one: portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi after Joseph Cades, double-page frontispiece numbered I (with dedication to Lord Charlemont removed), headpiece, six initials, one illustration, 43 plates numbered II-XLIIII, many folding or double page and two double-page plans; Volume two: title, double-page frontispiece and index numbered I-III and 60 plates numbered IV-LXIII, many double page or folding; Volume three: title, double-page frontispiece numbered I-II and 52 plates numbered III-LIV; Volume four: title, double-page frontispiece and index numbered I-III and 54 plates numbered IV-LVII, many double-page or folding. Volume V-VI 2. Vedute di Roma (F. 719-853; H. 1-137) Etchings, 1778, two volumes, double-page title, 136 double-page plates, first Paris edition, apart from H. 8, 10, 11, 15, 19, 25, 31, 41, 43, 46, 55, 59, 68, 70 before the price was erased, one map of Rome and Campus Martius (H. p. 87; Wilton-Ely 1008) and three other plates after Desprez by Francesco Piranesi A detailed list of the states for each plate is available upon request. 3. Topografia delle fabbriche scoperte nella cittá di Pompei (Le Blanc 7) Etchings, 1785, seven plates. Volume VII 4. Della Magnificenza ed architettura de' Romani (F. 927-966) Etchings, 1761, two titles (Latin and Italian), portrait of Clement XIII, three initials, two tailpieces and 38 plates numbered I-XXXVIII, some folding or double-page. 5. Osservazioni... sopra la lettre di M. Mariette (F. 967-982) Etchings, 1765-circa 1768, title, three headpieces, three tailpieces and nine plates numbered I-IX, some double-page. Volume VIII 6. Campus Martius antique urbis (F. 428-479) Etchings, 1762, title, frontispiece, two headpieces, two tailpieces, two initials and 48 plates numbered I-XLVIII, some double-page or folding including a large folding plan of Rome. Volumes IX-X 7. Vasi candelabri cippi sarcofagi tripodi lucerne ed ornamenti Antichi (F. 601-718) Etchings, 1778, two volumes, comprising: Volume one: folded title and 54 plates numbered 2-55, many double-page; Volume two: frontispiece and 54 plates numbered 57-110. Volume XI 8. Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo (F. 505-536) Etchings, 1764, title, double- page dedication to Clement XIII, initial, headpiece and 27 plates numbered I-XXVI, the last one numbered in pen and ink, many double-page, one folding page. 9. Descrizione e disegno dell' Emissario del Lago Albano [with Appendix: Di due Spelonche ornate dagli antichi all riva del Lago Albano] (F. 480-504) Etchings, [1762-? 1764], title, initial, tailpiece, headpiece and 21 plates numbered I-IX and I-XII, many double-page or folding. Volume XII 10. Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi (F. 854-926) Etchings, 1769, double-page title, headpiece, tailpiece, 66 plates numbered 1-66 mostly of chimney pieces, with four plates showing shells, vases, architectural details and 'avvertisement' leaf with accompanying plate of a chimney piece. 11.Opere varie di Architettura prospettive grotteschi antichità (F. 2-18, 21-24, 121-132) Etchings, 1750, title with vignette, divisional title and 27 plates numbered 1-27, including ten views on five sheets, two double-page and four double-page Gotteschi, Robison's penultimate states before the addition of the second Roman numeral. 12. Carceri d'Invenzione (F. 24-33, H.1-16, Robison 23-44) Etchings, circa 1749-1761, double-page title, 15 double-page plates numbered II-XVI, Robison's penultimate states with the Roman numeral before the addition of the numbers in the Firmin Didot edition. Volume XIII 13. Le Rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia (F. 396-420) Etchings, 1761, title, two initials, tailpiece and 19 plates on 18 sheets numbered I-XIX. 14. Differentes vues de quelques restes de trois gran