PIRANESI Giovanni Battista (Mogliano Veneto 1720 † 1778 Venice). Veduta dell'esterno della Gran Basilica di S. Pietto in Vaticano. 1748. Etching from the Views of Rome. Nice proof on strong filigree laid paper (fleur-de-lys in a single circle, "noted in early states", Hind n°1) of the 1st state out of 7, before the address of Bouchard and Gravier and the price. Ref : Focillon n°789. Hind n°5. Average margins. 45,5 x 66,5. Condition B (one tear in the upper right corner of the sky; two short marginal tears in the consolidated head; two pale spots of humidity; one oblique broken fold in the upper left corner; a trace of vertical fold in the right part of the subject; several oblique broken folds in the lower right corner of the leaf; dirt on the back). Roman print.