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Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Francesco Piranesi

Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive inventate, ed incise da Giambatista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano fra gli Arcadi Salcindio Tiseio; Lettere di Giustificazione a Milord Charlemont plates, which were adapted to appear in the Opere Varie; Opere Varie; Grotteschi; Carceri; Archi Trionfali, and Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto

1761–1809
Etching
42.5 × 5 cm (16.7 × 2 in)

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