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Giovanni Battista Piranesi: A Critical Study with a list of his published works and detailed catalogues of the prisons and the views of Rome
Arthur M. Hind
1978
The Holland Press : London
10" by 7.5"
xi, 95, lxxivpp.
SUMMARY
A beautiful collection of works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Near Fine
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Illustrated throughout with 146 images on 74 plates. Collated complete.
The work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons."
Written and collected by Arthur Mayger Hund, a British art historian and curator who specialized in old master prints, and was Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum until he retired in 1945.
CONDITION
In the original green cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper, very smart with light shelf wear and one small closed tear to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout.
Overall Condition: Near Fine Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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