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230 - PIRANESI (Giovanni Battista Piranesi, known as).
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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PIRANESI (Giovanni Battista Piranesi, known as). *Descrizione e disegno dell’ emissario del lago Albano*. No place, no date [Rome, c. 1762]. Folio, modern Bradel-style cardboard binding. First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece and 9 fine double-page plates engraved on copper by Piranesi. (Focillon, nos. 480–491.) Description of the emissario del lago Albano (the Albano outlet), an underground tunnel bored through volcanic rock in the 4th century BC to supply water to the countryside around Rome: this hydraulic engineering project was one of the very first in the history of Rome. Small pinholes on the edges, slight foxing in the margins of the plates, three small tears repaired on the first two plates. The appendix that usually accompanies the work is missing Expert: Mr Dominique Courvoisier
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About the sale TREASURES OF THE LOIRE VALLEY: books and archaeology
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Auction time 11/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
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