Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1720 - 1778

Opere Varie di Archiettura, Prospettive, Grotteschi, Antichità Sul Gusto Degli Antichi Romani

Etchings, 1743-57, fine impressions, from the Second Edition, Fourth Issue, early to mid 1760s, with the second version of the title page published by the artist with W.-E. 43 as vignette, including 19 plates from the Prima Parte di Architetture, the complete set of four Grotteschi on double sheets; six plates from Opere Varie and five plates from Lettere di Giustificazione, the front end paper with a Single Encircled Fleur de Lys watermark (Robison 17), R. 25 with a Double Encircled Fleurs de Lys watermark (cf. R. 32), three plates with partial, indistinct Double Encircled Fleur de Lys watermarks, and the end paper with a Double Encircled Fleur de Lys watermark (R. 17), bound in paper boards

sheets: 600 by 405mm 23⅝ by 16in

album: 610 by 450mm 24 by 17¾in

The album comprises: Wilton-Ely 43, Robison 28, fig. 63; W.-E. 2, R. 1; W.-E. 4, R. 2; W.-E. 5, R. 3; W.-E. 7, R. 5; W.-E. 16, R. 15; W.-E. 18, R. 161; W.-E. 6, R. 17; W.-E. 17, R. 19; W.-E., R. 20; W.-E. 19, R. 18; W.-E. 8, R. 6; W.-E. 9, R. 7; W.-E. 10, R. 8; W.-E. 11. R. 9; W.-E. 12, R. 10; W.-E. 13, R. 11; W.-E. 14, R. 12; W.-E. 46, cf. 746; W.-E. 47, 747; W.-E. 745, 748; W.-E.738, 50; R. 25; W.-E. 45, R. 26; W.-E., R. 21; W.-E, R. 22; W.-E., R 23; W.-E., R. 24