PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) -- Varie vedute di Roma antica, e moderna. Disegnate e intagliate da celebri autori. Rome: for Fausto Amidei, '1748' [but 1750 or later]. Oblong 2° (220 x 320mm). 94 etched plates, including the title, of which 48 signed Piranesi, the others by Bellicard, Le Geay, and Anesi. (Title lightly soiled, short wormtrack in the inside margin, light marginal dampstaining.) Modern half sheep preserving early marbled boards (light soiling).
A WIDE-MARGINED COPY of this survey of the buildings of Rome. The 48 views by Piranesi are among his earliest topographical engravings. Jahrbuch 1953.
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) -- Varie vedute di Roma antica, e moderna. Disegnate e intagliate da celebri autori. Rome: for Fausto Amidei, '1748' [but 1750 or later]. Oblong 2° (220 x 320mm). 94 etched plates, including the title, of which 48 signed Piranesi, the others by Bellicard, Le Geay, and Anesi. (Title lightly soiled, short wormtrack in the inside margin, light marginal dampstaining.) Modern half sheep preserving early marbled boards (light soiling).
A WIDE-MARGINED COPY of this survey of the buildings of Rome. The 48 views by Piranesi are among his earliest topographical engravings. Jahrbuch 1953.
![PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) -- Varie vedute di Roma antica, e moderna. Disegnate e intagliate da celebri autori. Rome: for Fausto Amidei, '1748' [but 1750 or later]. Oblong 2° (220 x 320mm). 94 etched plates, including the title, of which 48 signed Piranesi, the others by Bellicard, Le Geay, and Anesi. (Title lightly soiled, short wormtrack in the inside margin, light marginal dampstaining.) Modern half sheep preserving early marbled boards (light soiling).](https://devapim.christies.com/uat/lot-images/5797538/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05388_0174_000(piranesi_giovanni_battista_--_varie_vedute_di_roma_antica_e_moderna_di034047).jpg?maxwidth=3840)