GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)
Six plates, from: Vedute di Roma
six etchings, on laid paper, good impressions, comprising Altra veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli, 1761; Rovine del Sisto, 1765; Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore, 1768, watermark Large Crest (Robinson 64); Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante, 1756, watermark Fleur de Lys in Double Circle (similar to Robinson 39); Vedute della Cascata di Tivoli(H. 75), 1765-66; Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva, circa 1748; together with Plate 3, from: Views of Paestum, 1778-79, on laid paper, a good impression (7 prints)

Plate 478 x 710 mm.
Sheet 560 x 794 mm. (and smaller)

Ulrich Ochsenbein (1811-1890) and Alfred Ochsenbein (1883-1919), Switzerland; then by descent.

Focillon 728, 766, 779, 786, 819, 851; 585;
Hind 2, 44, 63, 75, 77, 87; see p. 87
Wilton-Ely 135, 182, 196, 208, 210, 220; 720

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In addition to or in elaboration of the the catalogue entry:

- (H. 63) with wide margins, with pale light- and time staining, pale scattered foxing, a few horizontal printer's creases, minor surface dirt, remain of a paper tape at the upper left corner verso

- (H. 77) with wide margins, a few vertical printer's creases (41 cm. and similar), a flattened fold at the lower right corner, some small tears at the sheet edges (3 cm. and smaller), a few pinholes, with pale time staining and pale scattered pinpoint foxmarks, some surface dirt

- (H. 87) with wide margins, a vertical strip and two rectangular paper supports verso, with very pale time staining and pale scattered foxing, two short tears at the upper margin (2,5 cm. and smaller) repaired with tape verso, some surface dirt

- (H. 44) with small margins, with pale scattered foxing and pale time staining, a vertical flattened crease, minor surface dirt

- (H. 75) with wide margins, a vertical flattened fold backed with a paper support, a repaired paper split (3 cm.) backed with with paper, occasional short tears and nicks at the sheet edges, with pale time staining and pale scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins and under a raking light, minor staining and surface dirt

- (H. 2) with a wide margin below and margins on the other sides, the two sheets with horizontal flattened folds backed with a paper strip and partially split at the margins, a vertical printer's crease (17 cm.) at lower right, with very pale time staining and pale scattered foxing, minor surface dirt

- (F 585) with small margins above and below, wide margins at left and right, the sheet laid on to a paper support, occasional short tears and nicks at the sheet edges, with pale time staining and very pale scattered foxing, minor surface dirt, a vertical central crease split at the lower margin, remains of a paper tape at the upper left corner verso

Otherwise as described in the catalogue.

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