GiovanBattista PIRANESI (Mogliano Veneto 1720 - Rome 1778) "Leftovers from the Villa of Mecenate in Tivoli" Original etching signed in the plate in the scroll on the bottom left "Piranesi Sc.", From the series "Views of Rome designed and engraved by Giambattista Piranesi Venetian Architect ", Engraved in 1763 as shown in the Catalog printed in Rome in 1792. Beautiful specimen in the first state of four, without the number 52 in the upper right, in a coeval Roman edition, printed with perfect inking on laid paper bearing the watermark" Lily in the double circle surmounted by the letter B ”typical of 18th century Roman paper production, with good margins beyond the imprint of the slab, the usual trace of central vertical fold visible mainly on the reverse, some slight traces of foxing at the edges and a small stain of ink but overall in excellent general condition. Bibliography: Hind “GiovanBattista Piranesi, A critical study” London 1922 n ° 65. Measurements in mm: 455 x 675