Lot 4109 - A216 Livres - mercredi, 25. mars 2026, 14h00
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista.
Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidonia qui est située dans la Lucanie. Engraved title and 21 engraved plates (num. I-XX).
Rome, 1778. Imperial-Folio (77 × 54 cm). Also includes 7 etchings from ‘Vedute di Roma’, including ‘Colosseo’ (see below). Plano mounted in a marbled Italian leather binding of the period with new label to spine and magnificent floral cover gilding consisting of double borders with inlaid edge strips, projecting inner frame with net-shaped corner pieces and large diamond-shaped centre piece (somewhat rubbed, scratched and bumped).
Focillon 583-599 - Hind S. 87. - First edition, on strong paper with Fleur-de-lis watermark and original Roman numerals (Arabic numerals in the Paris editions). Magnificent, architecturally influential engravings of the three late antique temples of Paestum, Piranesi's last work, published two months before his death. The title and plates XIX/XX are signed by Francesco Piranesi. - Bound in the series of Roman views, with one exception in the first state (Hind I) and also on thick paper: 1. Interno del Tempio di Canopo nella Villa Adriana. - Hind 131. - 2. Veduta di un Eliocamino (Villa Adriana). - Hind 133. - 3. Veduta del Palazzo Stopani. - Hind 128. - 4. Veduta dell' Anfiteatro Flavio detti il Colosseo. - Hind 126. - 5. Veduta [...] di una delle Piazze della Villa Adriana. - Hind 132. - 6. Avanzi di un antico sepolcro oggi detto la Conocchia. - Hind 130. - 7. Veduta interna della Chiesa della Madonna degli Angioli. - Hind 129 II (from the first Paris edition). - Also enclosed is the title page of the series ‘Teatro d'Ercolano’. - All plates verso with carefully smoothed and covered traces of old centre folds (no creases visible on the recto) and newly bound in. Plates II, VIII and XIX of the Paestum series are misbound, the foot margin of ‘Colosseo’ is trimmed to the plate, ‘Piazze della Villa Adriana’ has backed edge tears at the top. Crisp and deep black prints with an average of 3-4 cm margin around the plates, overall fresh.
CHF 14 000 / 20 000 | (€ 14 430 / 20 620)
Vendu pour CHF 40 000 (frais inclus)