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GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI The Lion Bas-Reliefs.
Etching, engraving and drypoint, 1749-50. 570x416 mm; 22 1/2x16 1/2 inches, full margins. Second state (of 3), with the Roman numeral upper left; Robison's second edition, second issue, through early printings of the fifth edition, printed from the early 1760s to circa 1835. From Carceri d'Invenzione. A superb, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts. Robison 44.
