Carceri d'invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi archit. Vene.
Piranesi, Giambattista,1720-1778.
Piranesi, Giambattista,1720-1778,publisher.
Piranesi, Giambattista,1720-1778,artist.
Piranesi, Giambattista,1720-1778,etcher.
[Roma] : Presso l'autore a Strada Felice ...,
[between 1761 and 1778]
The title is taken from plate I, the imprint from the foot of plate II (in early states both plates are unnumbered, and the earliest state of plate II also lacks the imprint line).
The form of the work with the present title (often called the "Piranesi edition") was first published by the artist in 1761 and reprinted with minor revision until at least 1778. The plates exist in a variety of states, detailed by Andrew Robison in his "Piranesi: early architectural fantasies)" (Washington, Chicago and London, 1986, p. 139-140). Numbering was added to all plates by the middle 1760s. See also Nash et al.
"First published in 1749 with 14 plates as Invenzioni capric de carceri, and often reprinted"--Nash et al.
All the plates are signed 'Piranesi F.' They are printed on large folio sheets, and often bound double-page.
Some copies were issued with, or as part of, Piranesi's "Opere varie ..." (cf. Nash et al.).
Nash, Paul W., Savage, Nicholas, et al., Early printed books 1478-1840: catalogue of the British Architectural Library Early Imprints Collection (London: Bowker-Saur/Saur, 1994-2003),
Prisons in art
Etching, Italian
Architecture, Roman
Fantastic architecture
Italy Rome.