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Roma - Albano - Archeologia - Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
Antiquities of Albano and Castel Gandolfo described and engraved by Giovambattista Piranesi, 1700
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€ 6.000 - 8.000
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Rome []. Half-title, engraved title page, double-page dedication table to Pope Clement XIII, with 27 mounted on full and double-page braces numbered I-XXVI and 1 unnumbered table at the end. Bound with Description and drawing of the outlet of Lake Albano. [Rome: 1762-64]. Engraved title page, 9 plates. Linked with Of two caves decorated by the ancients on the shore of Lake Albano. [Rome: 1762-64]. With 12 plates, 4 of which in smaller format (194 x 285 mm at the plate imprint). First work with title page trimmed at the upper margin, pl. V with small hole in the upper white margin and slightly stained inner margin, pl. XVI with two small fragments on the mirror of the engraving, specimen with foxing and light reddening, coeval half parchment binding with corners, label on the spine with "Volume Unico" embossed in gold, restorations with scotch tape on the spine, parchment corners missing on the plate rear, some abrasion.
Specialist Notes
Fascinating set of three works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, with a total of 40 plates in beautiful impression depicting the ruins of Rome, vases, candelabra and friezes. The Antiquities of Albano were the result of Piranesi's archaeological studies in the area around Lake Albano, which had been encouraged and supported by Pope Clement XIII, who dedicated the work. Hind, pp.86 & 83.
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