PIRANESI Giovanni Battista (Mogliano Veneto 1720 1778 Venice) - "Colonna Trajana". 1759. Plate from the suite "Vedute di Roma". Original etching and burin, printed in red chalk. Reference: Hind, n°51. Focillon, n°798. Proof of the 5th state of 7 (with the address "Presso l'autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinita de monti", but the price erased), on watermarked laid paper (Fleur de lys in a crowned shield surmounted by the letters J.H & Z). Margins. 58 x 44 cm. Condition B (Few small scattered stains, slight trace of wetness on the upper edge of the subject).