Apr 28, 2022 - Sale 2602

Sale 2602 - Lot 180

Price Realized: $ 7,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI
The Round Tower.

Etching, engraving, sulphur tint/open bite etching and burnishing, 1749-50. 556x418 mm; 22x16 1/2 inches, full margins. Fifth state (of 6); Robison's second edition, fourth issue through early printings of fifth edition, printed from the mid 1770s to circa 1835. From Carceri d'Invenzione. A brilliant, richly-inked and early impression, with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Robison 30.