Title: Piranesi
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.
Subjects: In art
Places: Rome (Italy)
People: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)