PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). [ Opera , an extensive composite set in contemporary editions.] Rome: G.B. Piranesi [and others], 1756-before 1778.
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). [ Opera , an extensive composite set in contemporary editions.] Rome: G.B. Piranesi [and others], 1756-before 1778. 9 volumes, 2° (535 x 400mm). (Some scattered spotting throughout, mostly light and marginal but sometimes heavier and in the plates.) Contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments with raised bands, black morocco labels gilt, sides gilt with triple fillet borders and corner fleurons, marbled edges (many joints split, two boards detached, spines worn, some labels lacking, some sides scuffed, extremities rubbed). Provenance : Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899; bookplate). Volumes 1-4: Le Antichità romane . Rome: Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. Together 219 plates on strong laid paper, numbered in the engraving in Roman numerals. I: Engraved frontispiece portrait of Piranesi, and 45 plates including the etched double-page dedication [second state] and one un-numbered plate; II: 63 engraved plates including the title and engraved index plate; III: 54 engraved plates including the title; IV: 57 engraved plates including the title. Hind p. 83 [calling for 44 in volume 1]; Wilton-Ely D.II. Volume 5: Opera varie di archittetura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità. Rome: 1750 [but 1761 or after]. 49 engraved plates from the series Prima parte di archittetura, Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto, Grotteschi, and Carceri d'invenzione. Hind pp. 78-81; Wilton-Ely B.I, B.V, B.II, B.IV. Volume 6: Lapides capitol ini . Rome: G.B. Piranesi [1762]. Half-title, engraved title, dedication, and one large folding double-page plate; portrait frontispiece from next volume bound here. Hind p. 85; Wilton-Ely D.IV. [ Bound with :] Le Rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia . [Rome:] G.B. Piranesi [c.1761]. Half-title, engraved title and 18 engraved plates. Hind p. 85; Wilton-Ely D.III. [ And :] Descrizione e disegno dell'emissario del Lago Albano . [Rome: G.B. Piranesi, 1762-4]. Engraved title and 9 plates. Hind p. 85; Wilton-Ely D.VI. Volume 7: Della magnificenza ed archittetura de' romani . Rome: [G.B. Piranesi] 1761. Engraved title in Latin, engraved title in Italian, and 38 engraved plates; portrait frontispiece by Piranesi and D. Cunego after Piranesi bound in previous volume. Wilton-Ely E.II; Hind pp. 84-5. Volume 8: Vedute di Roma [Rome: G.B. Piranesi, c.1760s.]. 59 engraved double-page plates from the series, comprising Hind 1-12 and 14-60, with Hind 60 bound out of sequence in place of Hind 13; all printed on strong laid paper, most with the engraved priced and address in the bottom margin. (Rust spot in the title and first few plates, faint dampstain in the top margin of the first few leaves.) Hind pp. 30-73; Wilton-Ely C.IV. Volume 9: Campus Martius antiquae urbis Romae . Rome: G.B. Piranesi, 1762. Engraved title, frontispiece, and 48 engraved plates, six of these joined to form one large folding plan. Text in Latin and Italian. (Old repair in margin of two text leaves.) Hind p. 85; Wilton-Ely D.V.
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). [ Opera , an extensive composite set in contemporary editions.] Rome: G.B. Piranesi [and others], 1756-before 1778.
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). [ Opera , an extensive composite set in contemporary editions.] Rome: G.B. Piranesi [and others], 1756-before 1778. 9 volumes, 2° (535 x 400mm). (Some scattered spotting throughout, mostly light and marginal but sometimes heavier and in the plates.) Contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments with raised bands, black morocco labels gilt, sides gilt with triple fillet borders and corner fleurons, marbled edges (many joints split, two boards detached, spines worn, some labels lacking, some sides scuffed, extremities rubbed). Provenance : Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899; bookplate). Volumes 1-4: Le Antichità romane . Rome: Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. Together 219 plates on strong laid paper, numbered in the engraving in Roman numerals. I: Engraved frontispiece portrait of Piranesi, and 45 plates including the etched double-page dedication [second state] and one un-numbered plate; II: 63 engraved plates including the title and engraved index plate; III: 54 engraved plates including the title; IV: 57 engraved plates including the title. Hind p. 83 [calling for 44 in volume 1]; Wilton-Ely D.II. Volume 5: Opera varie di archittetura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità. Rome: 1750 [but 1761 or after]. 49 engraved plates from the series Prima parte di archittetura, Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto, Grotteschi, and Carceri d'invenzione. Hind pp. 78-81; Wilton-Ely B.I, B.V, B.II, B.IV. Volume 6: Lapides capitol ini . Rome: G.B. Piranesi [1762]. Half-title, engraved title, dedication, and one large folding double-page plate; portrait frontispiece from next volume bound here. Hind p. 85; Wilton-Ely D.IV. [ Bound with :] Le Rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia . [Rome:] G.B. Piranesi [c.1761]. Half-title, engraved title and 18 engraved plates. Hind p. 85; Wilton-Ely D.III. [ And :] Descrizione e disegno dell'emissario del Lago Albano . [Rome: G.B. Piranesi, 1762-4]. Engraved title and 9 plates. Hind p. 85; Wilton-Ely D.VI. Volume 7: Della magnificenza ed archittetura de' romani . Rome: [G.B. Piranesi] 1761. Engraved title in Latin, engraved title in Italian, and 38 engraved plates; portrait frontispiece by Piranesi and D. Cunego after Piranesi bound in previous volume. Wilton-Ely E.II; Hind pp. 84-5. Volume 8: Vedute di Roma [Rome: G.B. Piranesi, c.1760s.]. 59 engraved double-page plates from the series, comprising Hind 1-12 and 14-60, with Hind 60 bound out of sequence in place of Hind 13; all printed on strong laid paper, most with the engraved priced and address in the bottom margin. (Rust spot in the title and first few plates, faint dampstain in the top margin of the first few leaves.) Hind pp. 30-73; Wilton-Ely C.IV. Volume 9: Campus Martius antiquae urbis Romae . Rome: G.B. Piranesi, 1762. Engraved title, frontispiece, and 48 engraved plates, six of these joined to form one large folding plan. Text in Latin and Italian. (Old repair in margin of two text leaves.) Hind p. 85; Wilton-Ely D.V.
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