Title Page
date: label: Date
content: 1755
name: label: Author
content: Pietro Metastasio, Italian, 1698 – 1782
label: Publisher
content: Agathe Quillau, French, d.1764
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Title page for the fourth of ten volumes of poetry by Metastasio. The title, address and date are lettered within a rocaille ornamental border, featuring c-scrolls, and acanthus leaf ornament, fleurons, garlands of flowers, foliage, palm leaves, a cartouche and a trophy of musical instruments including a lyre, horns, and sheet music.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-233-4
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.)