GiovanBattista Piranesi (Mogliano Veneto 1720 - Rome 1778) "View of the Basilica of S.ta Maria Maggiore with the two lateral factories of said Basilica" Original etching signed in the plate on the bottom right "Piranesi del. Scol. "From the series" Views of Rome designed and engraved by Giambattista Piranesi Venetian Architect ", engraved in 1749 as shown in the Catalog printed in Rome in 1792. Beautiful copy in the second state of six, with works added on the sky and on the part in the foreground and the address of the publishers Bouchard and Gravier, exactly the wording at the bottom right is "They are sold in Rome by Saints Bouchard and Gravier Mercanti Libraj at Corso near S. Marcello", printed on a thick portion laid paper on which a double-circle “Fleur de Lys with letter V” similar to Robison 32 and Hind 2, typical of the print runs of that period, is easy to read, with good margins beyond the imprint of the plate, slightly burnished and with some gore of humidity at the edges, some small restorations with reintegration of holes and thinning on the engraved field, one at the height of the column, another on the left near the copper footprint and the last at the right corner of the facade, a few other minimal defects at the edges clearly visible from the image and the usual slight central vertical fold but overall in good condition. Bibliography: Ficacci "Giovanni Battista Piranesi the Complet Etchings" Cologne 2000 page 688 n ° 878. Hind “GiovanBattista Piranesi, A critical study” London 1922 No. 9 and table VII. Robison "Piranesi Early architectural Fantasies" Washington 1986 fil.32. Measurements in mm: 398 x 545