PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Antichita Romane de' tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori. Rome: 1748. 2° (532 x 387mm). Etched throughout, 2 titles, dedication leaf, 2 other preliminary leaves, 25 plates, with plate numbered I corrected by hand as usual, and including the final unnumbered Arco di Galieno plate, plates numbered 13 and 14 after Silvestre. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt, coroneted 'P' of the dukes of Portland at centre of covers (neatly rebacked, old lettering-piece laid down). Provenance : William Henry 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809, binding, by descent to:); William Arthur, 6th Duke of Portland (armorial bookplate, binding). A fine copy with wide margins of Piranesi's etchings of the antiquitites of Rome and of monuments outside Rome, preceding his similarly named magnum opus . Piranesi's archaeological interests are evident not only in the historical accuracy of the views, but in the 2 plates recording inscriptions on monuments which precede the views. Hind p.75; Foucillon pp. 287-290.
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Antichita Romane de' tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori. Rome: 1748. 2° (532 x 387mm). Etched throughout, 2 titles, dedication leaf, 2 other preliminary leaves, 25 plates, with plate numbered I corrected by hand as usual, and including the final unnumbered Arco di Galieno plate, plates numbered 13 and 14 after Silvestre. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt, coroneted 'P' of the dukes of Portland at centre of covers (neatly rebacked, old lettering-piece laid down). Provenance : William Henry 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809, binding, by descent to:); William Arthur, 6th Duke of Portland (armorial bookplate, binding). A fine copy with wide margins of Piranesi's etchings of the antiquitites of Rome and of monuments outside Rome, preceding his similarly named magnum opus . Piranesi's archaeological interests are evident not only in the historical accuracy of the views, but in the 2 plates recording inscriptions on monuments which precede the views. Hind p.75; Foucillon pp. 287-290.
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