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GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto Il Guercino.
Bound volume with etched title page and 25 (of 28) etchings printed in reddish brown and black, including 2 by Piranesi and others by Bartolozzi and Ottaviani, 1764. 560x420 mm; 22 1/4x16 1/2 inches (sheets), full margins. Published by Salomoni, Rome. Very good impressions.
According to Ficacci, "The original edition was printed with mixed sepia and black ink to give the impressions of a facsimile of the drawing." One of Piranesi's etchings is actually based on an ink caricature drawing by Pier Leone Ghezzi. Ficacci 604 and 607.
