Giovanni Battista PIRANESI (1720-1778) Lot n° 47

Early Roman edition, state I or II on IV. Before the number 65 top right of the Paris editions.View of the so-called Temple of Salus on the Via d'Albano, outside Rome. Etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778). Tempio antico volgarmente detto della Salute su la via d'Albano, cinque miglia lontan da Roma, . Lettered as if a stone inscription at lower right with the title and 'l'opera con tutt' i suoi ornamenti è di terra cotta, è l Capitello A è composito a differenza di t[ut]ti gli altri'. At lower left 'Piranesi F.' from the series 'Veduta di Roma, After 1740, In good condition with full margins. Original middle fold. Some mild spotting.Very good dark early impression, printed on thick laid paper with a circular watermark. Roman edition. / Condition: In good condition with full margins. Original middle fold. Some mild spotting.Very good dark early impression, printed on thick laid paper with a circular watermark. Medium: Etching. References: Wilton-Ely 1994 (204) Hind 1922 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi, a critical study (71.I-II / IV) Focillon 1918 / 776) / Dimensions: 41,00 x 55,60 cm.