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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)
Two Plates, from: Vedute di Roma
including: Tempio detto volgarmente di Giano, etching, 1771, on laid paper, indistinct watermark Fleurs-de-Lys in single Circle, a very fine, dark impression of Hind's first state (of four); and Altra Veduta del Tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli, etching, 1761, on laid paper, apparently without watermark, a fine impression of Hind's second state (of four)
Plate 474 x 707 mm., Sheet 540 x 772 mm. (H. 96)
Plate 620 x 441 mm., Sheet 794 x 535 mm. (H. 63)
Provenance
With Colnaghi & Co., London (their their stock numbers C.37282 and C.36532, respectively, in pencil recto and their labels on the backboard).
Eric G. Stanley (1923-2018), Oxford; acquired from the above in 1972 and 1974, respectively.

Literature
Hind 63, 96;
Focillon 766, 825; Wilton-Ely 196, 229.
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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