Lot 111
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), Le Antichita Romane, 1756, Rome, Stamperia di Angelo Rotili, volumes 1 and 4 (of 4), folio (22 1/2 in. x 14 1/4 in.), 89 full-sheet, full-page, or half-page engraved plates (these last placed two on a sheet but numbered as one), including titles and dedication, 6 historiated initials, and 2 text vignettes; vol. 1 lacking plates 24, 33 and 36, vol. 4 lacking plates 2-4, 8, 12, 16-18, 21, 44, 45 and 57, disbound, vol. 1 in half-linen portfolio, vol. 4 in old boards, bookplates of John Adam Architect, John Adam and William Patrick Adam, and fragments of the original binding preserved Provenance: John Adam (brother of Robert, armorial bookplate designating him "Architect") - John Adam (son of the preceding) - William Patrick Adam, Blair Adam Library. Note: A fine selection of engravings from the first ed. of Piranesi's masterwork, with distinquished provenance, having belonged to one of the fraternal triumvirate of architects who established the neo-classical canon in 18th c. England.
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