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215 GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
Grotteschi
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Set of 4 etchings with engraving, drypoint and burnishing, circa 1747-49. Each approximately
395x555 mm; 15
1
/
2
x22 inches, wide margins. Robison 21 and 22 in the third state (of 5);
Robison 23 in the third state (of 6); Robison 24 in the second state (of 4). Robison’s Second
Edition, issued from circa 1750 to the early 1770s, lifetime impressions.Very good impressions
of these scarce etchings, exceedingly rare as a complete set.