Author: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778); Provenance: Collegium Sancti Cuthberti , Durham Cathedral, England
Title: Lapides Capitolini Sive Fasti Consulares Triumphalesque Romanorum. First Edition of the Etchings
Description: Roma: Nella Stamperia di Generoso Salomoni, 1762; Veneunt apud Auctorem aedibus Comitis Thomati via Felice prope templum SS. Trinitatis in Monte Pincio;. Folio. 40 x 52.7cm. Half 19th Century polished calf with marbled boards..Wilton-Ely, D.IV, nos. 553-558.. The large folding plate "Senatus Populusque Romanus Monumenta.. (The Senate and People of Rome) , Wilton-Ely 558, is now in a sleeve bound-in for ease of removal and display.. Engraved title, engraved dedication, large folding engraved plate, with fabric repair to verso and a couple of small tears or wear-through holes at folds, engraved vignettes, light staining to half-title, initial ff. and plates with small damp-stain to fore-edge margin, 1762. very light scattered marginal spots or soiling, book-plate to front pastedown "Collegii Sancti Cuthberti", [c.f. Brunet IV 672].

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