PIRANESI, G.B. (1720-78):
Vestiges d’edifice funéraire, title-plate to volume III of Antichità Romane.

Etching, c. 1755, from an early edition. Focillon 286
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in double circle

PIRANESI, G.B. (1720-78):
Prisoners on a projecting Platform, from the Invenzioni Capric di Carceri, a set of 14 in the first edition, 16 in the second

Etching, c.1749. Hind 10; Robison 36, first state before additional beams and a chain at right and considerable shading overall (the Roman numeral does not appear until the third state), a very early impression before dabbing under the platform as in the third issue of this state, ie. first or second issue printed 1749-58.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in single circle