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GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI

Veduta dell'Esterno della Gran Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano.

Etching, 1748. 397x600 mm; wide margins. First state (of 7). Fleur-de-lys in a circle watermark (Hind 1). From the Vedute di Roma. A brilliant, early impression with strong contrasts and with the guide lines for the text in the lower margin still printing clearly. Hind 5.

With--HIERONYMUS COCK. Ruinarum Palatii Maioris Prospectus, etching, circa 1550. 230x330 mm; 9 1/8x13 1/8 inches. Cross on an orb watermark. Trimmed on the plate mark with small to thread margins outside the border line. A brilliant, early impression with all the details printing clearly and with the delicate wiping scratches in the background. Hollstein 34.

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