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PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide di Marmo . . . ove si veggono scolpite le Due Guerre Daciche fatte da Trajano [with: Colonna Antonina (i.e. the column of Marcus Aurelius) and Antoninus Pius]. [Rome: c.1774-1779].
A rare set of decorative engraved plates from Piranesi’s three works on the columns of ancient Rome. RIBA 2567. Folio (840 x 540mm). [Colonna di Trajano]: comprising the etched dedication leaf, title and plates IV-XXI (without plate III, the very large plate of Trajan’s column on six joined sheets); [Colonna Antonina]: 2 engraved illustrations one a single sheet (without the very large plate of Marcus Aurelius’s column on six joined sheets); [Antoninus Pius]: the complete series of six images on five sheets (faint spotting to some margins, a few minor chips and tears). Loose in a contemporary binding of green half vellum over blue paper boards (lacking backstrip, rubbed and marked; a condition report of the framed plates is available upon request).