Plate of two neo-Classical fireplaces, from Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi

by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

$440 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine example of Priranesi's work on a more domestic scale. Fifty-six of the sixty-nine plates in Piranesi's Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi... are devoted to fire-place designs, with Piranesi drawing inspiration from Greek, Etruscan and Egyptian architecture. Ficacci 660; Focillon 898; Wilton-Ely 848; Hind p. 86. Item #20519

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