Giovanni Battista Piranesi Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de'Romani, Opera di Giovanni Battista Piranesi socio della reale accademia degli antiquari di Londra (F. 927-966; W.-E. 753-798) etchings, circa 1758, with etched Latin and Italian titles, portrait of Pope Clement XIII, by G.B. Piranesi and Domenigo Cunego, dedication with an ornamental capital and 202 pages of Latin and Italian parallel text with two ornamental capitals and two vignette tail pieces to the main text, followed by 38 plates (26 single sheet, 8 double sheet and four fold-out), pl. 1 bound after pl. 38, fine impressions, watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys with Initals CB, and double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys, some pale foxing at the sheet edges, otherwise generally in good condition; and Osservazioni di Giovanni Battista Piranesi sopra la lettre de M. Mariette aux auteurs de la Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe, Insertia nel Supplemento dell'istessa Gazzette stampata Dimanche 4 Novembre MDCCLIV (F. 967-892; W.-E. 799-814), etchings, 1754, with etched title-page, vignette, and eight pages of text with head and tail piece vignettes and three single sheet plates, the six additional plates to the Parere bound at the end of the volume, watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys with Initial CB and double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys, generally in good condition overall S. 560 x 435mm.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de'Romani, Opera di Giovanni Battista Piranesi socio della reale accademia degli antiquari di Londra (F. 927-966; W.-E. 753-798) etchings, circa 1758, with etched Latin and Italian titles, portrait of Pope Clement XIII, by G.B. Piranesi and Domenigo Cunego, dedication with an ornamental capital and 202 pages of Latin and Italian parallel text with two ornamental capitals and two vignette tail pieces to the main text, followed by 38 plates (26 single sheet, 8 double sheet and four fold-out), pl. 1 bound after pl. 38, fine impressions, watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys with Initals CB, and double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys, some pale foxing at the sheet edges, otherwise generally in good condition; and Osservazioni di Giovanni Battista Piranesi sopra la lettre de M. Mariette aux auteurs de la Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe, Insertia nel Supplemento dell'istessa Gazzette stampata Dimanche 4 Novembre MDCCLIV (F. 967-892; W.-E. 799-814), etchings, 1754, with etched title-page, vignette, and eight pages of text with head and tail piece vignettes and three single sheet plates, the six additional plates to the Parere bound at the end of the volume, watermark double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys with Initial CB and double-encircled Fleur-de-Lys, generally in good condition overall S. 560 x 435mm.
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