Piranesi
Subtitle: Le Vedute di Roma, a journey through the eternal city
By: by J.G. Wallis de Vries ; compiled and published by Gies Pluim
Contributors: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778; Pluim, Gies
Publisher: Heritage Editions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Ede, Netherlands]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9789081771900
Subjects: In art
Other titles: Vedute di Roma :
Description: This large format size book on Piranesi etchings follows the first French Edition of 1803. This series is produced directly from a complete original Piranesi catalogue. The book includes full reproductions of all the 135 etchings of the 'Vedute di Roma' made by Giambattista Piranesi plus 2 etchings made by his son Francesco and the Pianta di roma e del Campo Marzo (1 folded sheet : ill. ; 96 x 58 cm., folded to 32 x 29 cm.).This series is produced directly from a complete original Piranesi catalogue. (The Pianta will be a nine-fold inlay) together with a commetary by the architectural historian Dr. Gijs Wallis de Vries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291).