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GIOVANNI B. PIRANESI The Smoking Fire.
Etching, engraving, sulphur tint and open-bite, 1749-50. 549x403 mm; 21 5/8x16 inches, full margins. Fifth state (of 7); Robison's second edition, third issue, published by the artist in Rome (which dates from the mid-1760s to the early 1770s). Fleur-de-lys in a double circle watermark. From Carceri d'Invenzione. A brilliant, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Robison 32.
