Second Title Page (Italian text), from "Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani" (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London)

1761
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  • Title: Second Title Page (Italian text), from "Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani" (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London)
  • Series/Portfolio: Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
  • Date: 1761
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (55 x 40 cm)
    plate: 17 11/16 x 11 7/16 in. (45 x 29 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 41.71.1.7(3)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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