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PIRANESI, Francesco (1756-1810) and Gavin HAMILTON (1723-1798). [A Collection of Works.] Rome and Paris: 1773-1803. Four important works on classical antiquity and art history, all bound in magnificent uniform contemporary gilt-decorated calf bindings. The covers panelled with wide borders built up into a large composition of filets, with rolls of egg-and-dart, floral and volute tools, enclosing a central lozenge composed of a rosette surrounded by bearded figures, classical urns with vine decoration and two sphinxes (rebacked, extremities rubbed). Comprising: HAMILTON, G. Schola Italica Picturae ... incisae cura et impensis Gavin Hamilton . Rome: 1773. Folio (632 x 460mm). Engraved title and 39 plates by Cunego and Volpato (pl. 17 with very minor marginal repaired tear, pl. 25 faintly creased, some light scattered spotting mainly confined to margins). cf. Focillon p. 365; Hind p. 90. [ And :] – PIRANESI, F. Pianta delle fabriche esistenti nella Villa Adriana . [Rome: 1781]. (535 x 360mm). Etched plan on 6 joined sheets (some light discolouration to a few sheets, some old repairs on versos of creasefolds). [ And :] – [ Monumenti degli Scipioni pubblicati dal cavaliere Francesco Piranesi . Rome: 1785.] Folio (530 x 395mm). 6 engraved plates (lacking title, some minor spotting). [ And :] – Peintures de la Sala Borgia, au Vatican . Paris: Piranesi & Leblanc, Rome: Piroli, An II – 1803. Letterpress title, 1p. text, 12 engraved plates on 6 leaves. [ Bound with :] – Peintures de la Villa Lante a Rome. Paris: Piranesi & Leblanc, Rome: Piroli, Xn II – 1803. Letterpress title, 1p. text, 16 engraved plates on 8 leaves. 2 vols in one, folio (552 x 400mm). (Occasional faint and insignificant spotting.) Provenance : Liverpool Athenaeum (bookplates).