Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) - Temple Of Salus On The Via D'Albano

Tempio antico volgarmente detto della Salute su la via d'Albano, cinque miglia lontan da Roma, Series: Series: Vedute di Roma -- View of the so-called Temple of Salus on the Via d'Albano, outside Rome, Etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 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.' Roman edition 'before' the number upper right corner. First or second state on four. On watermarked laid paper. The watermark near the middle fold is hard to disipher.
Dimensions: 41,10 x 45,60 cm Artist Name: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) Literature: Wilton-Ely 1994 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the complete etchings (204) --- Hind 1922 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi, a critical study (71.I or II / IV) --- Focillon 1918 / Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Essai de catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre (776) Medium: Etching Circa: 1760-1778 Notes: All measurements are taken on the plate mark. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual condition description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed.

Condition: A very good impression of the first state on thick laid paper with watermark . Full margins. Flattened middle fold. Overall in excellent condition.