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II</i>, a bound volume of etchings by Giovanni Battista and his son Francesco Piranesi. \n\nThe prints comprise Volume 2 of 27 volumes of etchings published in Paris by <i>the Calcographie des Piranesi frères</i> (1800-1807). This volume contains 63 plates (folio and large folio), uniformly bound in red half morocco over marbled boards by Tessier, Paris (label in each volume), spines with raised bands gilt. For the complete set of prints in this volume see accession numbers: E.4035-4097-1908. The copper plates are in the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Rome.\n\nThe first edition of Piranesi’s Roman Antiquities was published in 1756, in four volumes, with the original title <i>LE ANTICHITÀ ROMANE OPERA DI GIAMBATTISTA PIRANESI ARCHITETTO VENEZIANO DIVISA IN QUATTRO TOMI [...] IN ROMA MDCCLVI Nella Stamperia di Angelo Rotilj nel Palazzo de’ Massimi. Con licenza de' superiori si vendono in Roma dai Signori Bouchard, e Gravier Mercanti libraj al Corso presso san Marcello.</i> Piranesi had obtained the sponsorship for this book from the Irish nobleman, Lord Charlemont, to whom it was dedicated. With the rapid accumulation of material the project expanded. Piranesi was promised Charlemont’s financial support for the four-volume work; however, by the time that the <i>Antichità</i> appeared in 1756, Charlemont had returned to Ireland and Piranesi, despite several letters to his patron, failed to receive the substantial payment he was counting on. In exasperation he eventually deleted the dedication to Charlemont from the main frontispiece to Volume I, and issued the <i>Lettere di Giustificazione a Milord Charlemont</i> as a defence of his action. \n\nFurther alterations took place when Francesco Piranesi issued another edition in 1784. In this, the much-altered title page to Volume I, which appears to have gone through at least three states in 1756-57, was change yet again, this time to receive a dedication to Gustav III of Sweden an important patron on Francesco. The plates of the<i> Antichità</i> include works by or after other artists, chiefly in Volume II and III. In the Antichità Piranesi consciously sets out to apply a completely new system of archaeological inquiry to the study of the remains of antiquity. \n\nThe first volume explains the urban structure of ancient Rome in terms of its walls, defences ad aqueducts as well as its civic and religious monuments. The next two volumes, which incorporate the plates of the Camera Sepolcrali, are devoted to the extensive remains of tombs ad funerary monuments around Rome. The final volume expounds the heroic feats of Roman engineering represented by bridges and monumental structures. According to Wilton Ely, the exaggerated scale and the concern with technology of these latter works, there are already signs of Piranesi’s attempts to counteract the increasing claims for the superiority of Greek art and architecture being made by Winkelman and Laugier.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"piranesi","id":"A8740"},"association":{"text":"printmakers","id":"AAT25164"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"piranesi","id":"A30837"},"association":{"text":"publishers","id":"AAT25574"},"note":"Francesco and Pietro Piranesi set up the Calcographie in Paris after having fled Rome in 1799."},{"name":{"text":"Tessier","id":"AUTH328219"},"association":{"text":"bookbinders","id":"AAT25704"},"note":"This volume of prints was bound by Tessier bookbinders, Paris, and has their trade label pasted on the inside cover of the volume."},{"name":{"text":"pietro piranesi","id":"AUTH406354"},"association":{"text":"publisher","id":"AAT25574"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Calcographie des Piranèse Frères, Paris","id":"AUTH406361"},"association":{"text":"publishers","id":"AAT25574"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper fiber","id":"AAT14109"},{"text":"Printing Ink","id":"AAT187371"}],"techniques":[{"text":"engraving","id":"AAT53225"},{"text":"etching","id":"AAT53241"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Etching with engraving, ink on paper","categories":[{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Architecture","id":"THES48993"}],"styles":[{"text":"italian","id":"AAT111198"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2014GX8347"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLD","id":"THES49658"},"free":"","case":"SB22","shelf":"SH3","box":"LL/2"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Rome (city)","id":"x29106"},"association":{"text":"first published","id":"x46563"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":"This volume was bound and published in Paris between 1803-1807."}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1756","earliest":"1756-01-01","latest":"1756-12-31"},"association":{"text":"first published","id":"x46563"},"note":"Piranesi produced the engravings for <i>Le Antichita Romane di Giambatista Piranesi</i>, also known as <i>Le Antichita Romano</i>, which was first published in 1756."},{"date":{"text":"1800-1807","earliest":"1800-01-01","latest":"1807-12-31"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"40.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"plate","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"52.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"plate","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"56.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"sheet","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"41","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"sheet","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"57.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"volume","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"43.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"volume","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"volume","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Large folio","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Upper right: ‘LXII’; Upper left: ‘Tom. II.’ \r\nLower center: ‘A Spaccato del Mausoleo di Ottaviano Augusto. B Ingresso, la Volta del quale era sostenuta da Travertini C, legati dalle Catene D, delle quali ancora esistono gli avanzi nella Parete E; ed erano impiombati alle medesime, come appare per li buchi, che si vedono ne' detti Pezzi C, e D. De' Travertini gia detti della Volta se ne è veduto qualche framm.to in questo sito gli anni scorsi. In oltre gli avanzi mentovati delle Catene stando fitti in un tratto di muro, quale abbiamo indicato nella Pianta, costruito di scaglie di Selce, sembra, che a guisa di fodera vestisce esternam.te/ tutto all'interno il gran Bassamento, per ripararlo dall'umido; qual uso di fabbricare si è osservato in molti altri consimili Sepolcri; a quali può credersi, che questo, tanto per la materia, quanto per l'arte sarà stato superiore, e corrispondente a quel grand'Imperatore, al Secolo,/ all'auge dell'Imperio Romano. Testimonj di Fabbrica sì magnifica ne sono molti scrittori antichi, che l'hanno sommam.te celebrata, ed ancora a giorni nostri buona fede ne fanno questi scolpati Avanzi, e la quăntità de' Serpentini de' quali vedesi quivi lastricato il Cortile del Palaz-/ zo Corèa. F Una delle Stanze angolari, nelle quali riponevansi le Ceneri de' Parenti dell'Imp.e. G Avanzi de' Muri, i quali, a guisa di raggj, uniscono le circonferenze al centro, e sostengono l'edificio. H Parte di un Pilastro de' Corritoj. I Piano moderno di Roma. K Corritoj, i quali gi-/ rano tutto all'intorno. L Avanzi delle Celle rotonde, destinate dall'Imperatore per li sepolcri de' suoi familiari. M Linee, le quali dimostrano la divisione de' corsi orizontali de' Tufi ad opera reticolata, de' quali sono costruiti tutti i muri interni della gran Mole. N Corso di Tufi di / altezza di tre in quattro palmi, et Arco parim.te di Tufi dimostrati in forma più grande. O Linea della divisione de' corsi fedelm.te disegnata. P Quadrelli di Tufi, i quali compongono i muri del Mausoleo qui disegnati della loro medesima grandezza, e la Calce, da cui sono tramezzati.’ \r\nLower right: ‘Piranesi Archit. dis. et inc.’ ","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"The inscription explains the letters which are dotted about the engraving, highlighting different aspects.  "}],"objectHistory":"The collection of volumes was previously owned by architect Decimus Burton (1800-1881) and his bookplate is pasted in the inside cover of this volume.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"'Section of the Mausoleum of Augustus', plate 62 from a set of 63 plates, G. 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