164 - Francesco PIRANÈSE. Collection of Ancient Temples… Part One, comprising the temples of Vesta the Mother, that is, of the Earth, and of the Sibyl, both in Tivoli, and those of Honor and Virtue outside Porta Capena. Rome, (printed by Generoso Salomoni for) the author, n.d. (1780). Folio, damaged 19th-century cardboard binding.

Francesco PIRANÈSE. Collection of Ancient Temples… Part One, comprising the temples of Vesta the Mother, that is, of the Earth, and of the Sibyl, both in Tivoli, and those of Honor and Virtue outside Porta Capena. Rome, (printed by Generoso Salomoni for) the author, n.d. (1780). Folio, damaged 19th-century cardboard binding. Avery, 788 / Millard, 74 /// (2f.)-24-(1f.)-10, 22 pl. Only the first part is included here; the second part was published ten years later in 1790. It is illustrated with a large fold-out title page dated 1780 and 21 plates, 12 of which are fold-outs, all etched by Francesco Piranesi, as well as a title vignette and a large etched initial. The plates are numbered I through XIII and I through VIII. Binding broken, spine missing. Title page discolored. Ex-libris V. & R. Baguès.