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Wilton-Ely, John.
Piranesi, Paestum & Soane.
Publisher: Prestel, Munich;
Date of Publication: 2013
Stock Code: 12046
First Edition. Square quarto, pp., 120. Illustrated throughout. Publishers’ black paper-covered boards with white titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket
Boards and jacket very lightly rubbed top edge; contents clean and crisp with no annotation or inscriptions. A near fine copy in like jacket. Study of how John Soane was influenced by his contemporary architect and printmaker Giovanni Piranesi, a relationship that nurtured Soane’s later career. This volume presents reproductions of the drawings Soane acquired as well as further additional works, offering a “unique understanding of early Greek classical architecture seen through the work of an 18th-century master”(from jacket). Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £60.00