Lot 147
Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1756-1810), Raccolta de' Tempi Antichi, 1780, Rome, Part One, with title, frontispiece, preface, text, with 19 (of 21) plates, lacking 3 & 5, ten are double-page, includes the famous view of the Temple of Sibyl, along with the similarly large view of the capital and entablature of that structure, loose, in a modern green, cloth-covered portfolio with ties Note: Francesco Piranesi, eldest son and heir of Giovanni was but 20 years old at the time of his father's death in 1778. He produced this first part of a projected volume on temples quickly to assure his position. The plates on the temple of Sibyl are brilliantly conceived and project the son's considerable talent.
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