Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Vedute di Roma. Roma, 1748. 2 vols.
Piranesi’s views of Rome are gathered here in two large folio volumes. The eternal city’s great buildings are depicted, often in ruins.

Proposed Conservation Treatment:
Surface clean all pages. Remove the first few leaves of each volume and all flyleaves; wash to reduce staining. Reattach leaves to text blocks, reinforce sewing as needed. Remove all leather from bindings and make new spines and corners. Two cloth-covered clamshell boxes.

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