PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) & Francesco PIRANESI (1758/9-1810). Trofeo o sia magnifica colonna coclide ... fatte da Traiano . [?Rome, circa 1777]. 2° (536 x 391mm). Etched title, frontispiece and 30 plates by G.B. and F. Piranesi, including 9 double-page and 11 folding (front endpaper, title and final 2 plates detached, 'Pianta del Colonna Antonia' and 'Colonna Antonia' [Focillon 575 and 576] bound in up-side down, one plate with small closed tear in margin, occasional light marginal waterstaining and very light marginal browning). 18th-century diced calf (covers detached, lacks spine, rather rubbed). Provenance : James Milnes (bookplate). The plate count of our copy corresponds to Focillon's plate count (551-582) but, like his, ours does not contain plates XX and XXI, which are also not illustrated by Wilson-Ely. Hind notes that in later states the plates were numbered with roman numerals but in our copy only plates III-VIII and X-XIII are numbered. The watermark is similar to but not identical with numbers 36-40 in the catalogue of watermarks listed by Andrew Robinson in Wilton-Ely. This and the quality of the paper suggests that this is an early edition, published circa 1777. Hind pp. 86-87; Focillon 551-582; Wilton-Ely D.X. SEE FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION.
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) & Francesco PIRANESI (1758/9-1810). Trofeo o sia magnifica colonna coclide ... fatte da Traiano . [?Rome, circa 1777]. 2° (536 x 391mm). Etched title, frontispiece and 30 plates by G.B. and F. Piranesi, including 9 double-page and 11 folding (front endpaper, title and final 2 plates detached, 'Pianta del Colonna Antonia' and 'Colonna Antonia' [Focillon 575 and 576] bound in up-side down, one plate with small closed tear in margin, occasional light marginal waterstaining and very light marginal browning). 18th-century diced calf (covers detached, lacks spine, rather rubbed). Provenance : James Milnes (bookplate). The plate count of our copy corresponds to Focillon's plate count (551-582) but, like his, ours does not contain plates XX and XXI, which are also not illustrated by Wilson-Ely. Hind notes that in later states the plates were numbered with roman numerals but in our copy only plates III-VIII and X-XIII are numbered. The watermark is similar to but not identical with numbers 36-40 in the catalogue of watermarks listed by Andrew Robinson in Wilton-Ely. This and the quality of the paper suggests that this is an early edition, published circa 1777. Hind pp. 86-87; Focillon 551-582; Wilton-Ely D.X. SEE FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION.
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