Veduta della Basilica di S. Paolo fuor delle mura

 View of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori le Mura 

Etching on laid and watermarked paper (a double circles visible near the bell tower). 38 th Plate from the series " Views of Rome".

Signed on plate on lower-left margin " Piranesi F. ". According to Hind, Third State on VII. Address and price " Presso l'autore  a Strada Felice nel  Palazzo Tomati   vicino alla T. dei Monti. A paoli due e mezzo" on the lower-right margin. First Roman Edition. 

In very good condition, fresh impression and a vibrant black. A light decoloration on the right margin. 

Views of Rome

A wonderful series executed over the course of Piranesi's career, from the second half of the 1740s until his death, were printed and sold as individual sheets or in collections that gradually increased as his output progressed, and occasionally included other series of prints as well.

Posthumous edition, bearing the same title, consisting of 135 prints engraved in 1778 plus 2 title pages. The additions consisted of Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzio and 2 plates by Francesco

Reference : L. Ficacci," Piranesi: the Complete Etchings" , Taschen, 2000, N. 909, pp. 707; A.M. Hind, " Giovan Battista Piranesi, A critical study", Holland Press, London, 1922, pag. 39