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Lettere di giustificazione scritte a milord Charlemont e à di lui agenti di Roma dal signor Piranesi socio della Real società degli antiquari di Londra intorno la dedica della sua opera Delle antichità Roma fatta allo stesso signor ed ultimamente soppressa.
1757
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Part of
Piranesi on the Page
Princeton University Library was pleased to contribute its publications to a unique exhibit in the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery, telling the story of the book as the centerpiece of Piranesi’s artistic production. What did these volumes mean to Piranesi, who did they bring into his world, and how can the process of making them be understood throughout his career? As the central thread that connects all spheres of his enormous ambition, Piranesi’s books reveal how the artist became the foremost printmaker in eighteenth-century Europe.
Metadata
- Publisher
- In Roma : [s.n.], MDCCLVII [1757]
- People
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- Related Name
- Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799
- Language
- Italian
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Lettere di giustificazione scritte a milord Charlemont e à di lui agenti di Roma dal signor Piranesi socio della Real società degli antiquari di Londra intorno la dedica della sua opera Delle antichità Roma fatta allo stesso signor ed ultimamente soppressa.
- Call Number
- NE662.P6 A66 1757
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/q811kr583
- Publisher
- In Roma : [s.n.], MDCCLVII [1757]
- Language
- Italian
- Date Created
- 1757
- Extent
- [2] leaves, xxviii p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Provenance
- SAX copy: Bookplates of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow and of Sir Henry Fitz Herbert, Bart. Written on t.p.: "Ex dono autoris. J.C." On first leaf, intended for inscription, is a label with initials JC.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Engraved title page by Piranesi (second leaf). Engraved head- and tail-pieces. Includes engraved frontispiece designs for Le antichità romane.
- This pamphlet attacks the patron of Le antichità romane, James Caulfield, 1st Earl of Charlemont, who had failed to provide promised financial support.
- SAX copy: Quotation from Pliny in compartment at upper left of t.p.
- SAX copy: With Piranesi's letter of retraction, dated Roma, 15 marzo 1758. [4] p. Italian and French in columns, with text beginning "Signor mio / Monsieur."
- SAX copy: Purchase supported by the Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund, Department of Art and Archaeology.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 65
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Piranesi on the Page
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c1e0aa6e-2998-4a7b-8591-e5d590e8d6da/manifest