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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 Venice – Rome 1778), The Arch with a Shell Ornament, from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*. Etching, engraving, and sulfur tint on laid paper, with a Fleur-de-Lys watermark within a single circle (Robison 5). (c. 1749). 40.5 x 54.4 cm (plate); 52.8 x 75.9 cm (sheet). Focillon 34; Hind 11 I (of III); Wilton-Ely 36; Robison 37 I (of VII); Ficacci 120. Plate XI from: *Carceri d'Invenzione*. A very fine, richly rendered lifetime impression of Robison’s rare first state (of seven), printed with a light, selectively wiped tone, from the First Edition, First and Second Issues, published by G. Bouchard, Rome, 1749–circa 1758. With wide margins around the uncleaned plate edges. – With the characteristic flattened central fold and some associated rubbing. A printer’s crease at the lower left. Verso with minimal spotting. Otherwise in very good condition. Very rare in this early state of printing. Taxation: subject to regular taxation (VAT: Regular Taxation).
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