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107 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Ruins of an Ancient Tomb Set Before Other Ruins of an Equally Ancient Aqueduct;... 1761–1765 [2nd edition, from the 4th to the 5th issue]. Etching, engraving, and drypoint. 365 × 245 mm. 200 × 250 mm (caption plate). Sheet: 500 × 350 mm. Focillon, 6. Robison, 17. Signed in the lower left margin and numbered “6” in the right-hand corner. From the First Part of Architectures and Perspectives Invented and Engraved by Gio. Batta Piranesi, Venetian Architect, Dedicated to Mr. Nicola Giobbe, a work consisting of a title page and 12 plates, first published in Rome by the Pagliarini brothers in 1743 and again in *Opere varie* by Bouchard in 1750 with two additional plates and a changed title. Excellent impression in the third state of five from the second edition, fourth issue through the fifth, dating from the early 1760s to 1770. Layered paper with “Serafini / Fabriano” watermark (Robison, 57). (1) Sheet intact with wide margins as originally printed. Trace of a horizontal fold in the center.
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Ruins of an Ancient Tomb Set Before Other Ruins of an Equally Ancient Aqueduct;... 1761–1765 [2nd edition, from the 4th to the 5th issue]. Etching, engraving, and drypoint. 365 × 245 mm. 200 × 250 mm (caption plate). Sheet: 500 × 350 mm. Focillon, 6. Robison, 17. Signed in the lower left margin and numbered “6” in the right-hand corner. From the First Part of Architectures and Perspectives Invented and Engraved by Gio. Batta Piranesi, Venetian Architect, Dedicated to Mr. Nicola Giobbe, a work consisting of a title page and 12 plates, first published in Rome by the Pagliarini brothers in 1743 and again in *Opere varie* by Bouchard in 1750 with two additional plates and a changed title. Excellent impression in the third state of five from the second edition, fourth issue through the fifth, dating from the early 1760s to 1770. Layered paper with “Serafini / Fabriano” watermark (Robison, 57). (1) Sheet intact with wide margins as originally printed. Trace of a horizontal fold in the center.
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