Neal Auction 2012

32 110. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) , “Veduta del prospetto principale della Colonna Trajana”, c. 1800, first Paris edition, engravings, six sheets, unjoined; first five sheets, central fold, 22 1/2 in. x 32 in., top sheet trimmed, 11 3/4 in. x 17 in., watermarks Robison 78, 80 & 85, WE 687; together with a later edition of the same print, 20th c., six sheets, (5 sheets 24 in. x 21 in. and top sheet 11 1/2 in. x 21 1/2 in.), one sheet with possible Calcografia blindstamp. $2000/3000 111. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720- 1778) , Le Antichita Romane , 1756, Rome, Stamperia di Angelo Rotili, volumes 1 and 4 (of 4), folio (22 1/2 in. x 14 1/4 in.), 89 full-sheet, full-page, or half-page engraved plates (these last placed two on a sheet but numbered as one), including titles and dedication, 6 historiated initials, and 2 text vignettes; vol. 1 lacking plates 24, 33 and 36, vol. 4 lacking plates 2-4, 8, 12, 16-18, 21, 44, 45 and 57, disbound, vol. 1 in half-linen portfolio, vol. 4 in old boards, bookplates of John Adam Architect, John Adam and William Patrick Adam, and fragments of the original binding preserved. $5000/7000 Provenance: John Adam (brother of Robert, armorial bookplate designating him “Architect”); to John Adam (son of the preceding); to William Patrick Adam; Blair Adam Library. Note: A fine selection of engravings from the first ed. of Piranesi’s masterwork, with distinguished provenance, having belonged to one of the fraternal triumvirate of architects who established the neo- classical canon in 18th century England. 112. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) , a group of 127 plates contained on 113 sheets, bound in three large-folio volumes (19 3/4 in. x 28 in.), with watermarks dating from 1770s-1780s, containing sixteen plates from Trofei... (WE 270- 278, 7 by Francesco); seventeen plates from Della Magnificenza... (WE 767, 770-780, 798); ninety-three plates from Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi (including frontispiece) and one plate from Osservazioni (WE 808), in period three-quarter vellum bindings. $8000/12000 110 111 112