Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720 Mogliani - Rome 1778). Veduta del Tempio di Cibele a Piazza della Bocca della Verità. From the series "Vedute di Roma". Copper etching on laid paper with watermark "Mit Lilie bekröntes Wappen", 1758. 37 x 59.5, sheet 42 x 61.3 cm. With small margin around the platemark. Focillon 820. Hind 47 III (of V) before the numbering. From Vedute di Roma. - Strong impression of the 1st Paris edition still with the Roman address: Strade Felice. - Somewhat browned and foxed, some creases R

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