Giovanni Battista Piranesi1720 Mogliano or Venice - 1778 RomeDiverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi [...]Rome 1769. Folio. 72 etched and engraved plates. Gilt edging. Elaborately designed, gold-embossed calf leather binding, Rome, 2nd half of the 18th century. Partly on handmade paper with watermark \"lily in a circle\". Wide margins.Additional: modern leather case, ornamentally adapted to the style of the original binding, also gold-embossedStamp of the Tsar's library in Tsarskoye Selo on the front page.Cf. on the design of the cover: Auction H. Gilhofer / H. Ranschburg, \"Kostbare Bücher und Manuskripte aus den Bibliotheken der russischen Zaren in Zarskoje-Selo, Herzog Albrecht v. Sachsen-Teschen, Dr. Albert Figdor, Wien [...]\", Lucerne, 14/25 June 1932, lot 359. Provenance: It cannot be ruled out that the present volume was acquired by Tsarevich Paul Petrovich, who later became Tsar Paul I of Russia (1754-1801), when he visited Rome in 1782 with his wife Maria Feodorovna (born as Princess Sophie Dorothee von Württemberg, 1759 -1828) . - Tsar's library in Tsarskoye Selo. - Sotheby's London auction, 1 December 1994, lot 116. - Buch- und Kunstantiquariat Hans Marcus Dusseldorf. - Private collection, West Germany. - Private collection, South Germany. Artist or Maker Medium Date Condition Report Sehr schöne Abdrucke, zum Teil auf Büttenpapier mit Wz \"Lilie im Doppelkreis\". Breite Ränder Notes RefFine