Piranesi, Giovanni Battista - 1720 - 1778, Italian engraver, archaeologist, architect and architectural theorist: 3 volumes bound together in one book, Rome 1761-1764; red leather binding with gold-stamped spine title, floral ornamentation and a ligated and crowned monogram on the cover, gold-colored edges and marbled endpapers; contains: "Lapides Capitolini Sive Fasti Consulares Triumphalesque Romanorum Ab Urbe Condita Usque Ad Tiberium Caesarem", Rome 1762; dirt title with a pastedown ex libris by Sir Walter Rawlinson (1784-1805); title page, engraved dedication and plate "Lapides Capitolini" cut out / remaining pages including 4 small etchings by Piranesi completely preserved; attached: "Del Castello Dell'Acqua Giulia", Rome 1761; title page and plates II, IV, VIII, IX and XVII/XVIII cut out / remaining pages including 4 small etchings and 13 full-page etchings completely preserved; attached: "Delle Antichita Di Cora", Rome 1764; title page, plate II and plates IV (resp. "IIII") to VI cut out / remaining pages including 6 (partly full-page) etchings, an etching folded in four (plate I, with a hole in the center), as well as 2 double-page etchings (plates VIII and X; the latter enclosed loose) completely preserved; Pages minimally stained in each case; partially light-stained or foxed; occasional pages somewhat creased or with pressure marks; partially reinforced or backed; binding scuffed, rubbed and bumped (otherwise very nice condition); overall size approx. 53.5 x 43cm