Frontispiece, with Dedication to Robert Adam, in Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma
date: label: Date
content: 1762
name: label: Artist
content: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
label: Publisher
content: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Frontispiece depicts large stone slab that has been inscribed with book’s title. Below, ruined column, upon which is a dedication inscription, and its capital.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase in memory of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1956-15-1
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Book
label: Type
content: Book
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching with engraving, original covers of blue board on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Volume (cover dimensions): 58.1 x 43.5 cm (22 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 57 x 42 cm (22 7/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 51.8 x 34.8 cm (20 3/8 x 13 11/16 in.)