Blatt VI der sechzehnteiligen Folge der "Carceri d'Invenzione" (The Smoking Fire). 1749.
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Focillon 29. Hind 6 II (of III). Robison 32 IV (of VI). Signed and Roman numbered in plate. Excellent strong impression on laid paper with broad margin around platemark and usual centerfold. 54,5 x 40 cm (21,4 x 15,7 in). Sheet: 75,3 x 54,5 cm (29,6 x 21,5 in).
State of second editionon, which Piranesi published himself and increased it from fourteen to sixteen sheets. The second volume of this second edition was published in the early 1760s. [CB].

PROVENANCE: Karl und Faber, Munich, sales exhibition Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1982, cat. no. 6.
Collection Dr. Rolf Linnenkamp.