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[004253] Piranesi, Giovanni Battista; Hyatt, J. H. L.; Oldmeadow, E. J. Carceri – Sixteen Inventions Etched & Published in Rome. ill. Pianesi, Giovanni Battista. London: The Unicorn Press, 1899. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Hardback. Proof. Good / No Jacket (as Issued?) [6], sixteen engravings. Two colour cloth, author and title in gilt to upper cover, t.e.g.

Spine browned, white cloth soiled, rubbed to edges and corners, green cloth lightly rubbed to lower cover. Internally the free endpapers have browned, otherwise fairly bright and clean. Title in red and black

Proof copy, with pencil amendments to title and single leaf of text. The proof prospectus is laid in loosely, this with a note in pen to head

For the press, operating between 1895 and 1905, and based at 7 Cecil Court, see Tompkinson, A Select Bibliography of Modern Presses, page 236 (mentioning two titles, but not this one)