Library Collection. Prints
Campo Marzio dell'antica Roma
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 (artist)Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)
Romae
apud Auctorem
1762
1 print : etching ; image 29.3 x 45.6 cm, on sheet 41.3 x 56.2 cm.
The print is a bird's-eye-view of a reconstructed portion of the Campus Martius; signature lower left: Piranesi F.
Good condition. Illustration in: Campus Martius antiquae Urbis / Ioannis Baptistae Piranesii Antiquariorum Regiae Societatis Londinensis Socii. Romae : apud Auctorem, 1762. The print represents the frontispiece for Piranesi's Campus Martius antiquae Urbis; in the foreground the inscription with the Italian title. Forms part of: Library Collection. Prints.
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Archaeological sitesPictorial works
ItalyRomeCampo MarzioRomaLazio
1760-1770
Bird's-eye viewsEtchingsReconstructionsFrontispieces
British School at Rome
XL.611.P.13-02
Closed access material (Library)
The volume originally belonged to Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), Director British School at Rome (1906-1925), who inherited his father’s library and continued to enrich the collection throughout his life. The collection was purchased from his widow in 1931 for the BSR Library thanks to a generous donation from the Treasurer at the time, William Russell.
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