PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720–1778) – “View of St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.” 1748. Original etching. Print bearing the address “Presso l’Autore a Strada nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinità dei Monti, A paole due e mezzo,” on laid paper. Ref.: Hind, no. 3. Plate from the "Vedute di Roma" series. 40 x 53.8 cm. Condition B/C (small hole on the right side of the subject near the building and two wormholes. Trace of a former vertical center fold. Two small wormholes in the mount. Narrow margin at the bottom, trimmed to the edge of the square outline on three sides; some foxing spots).