Author: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)
Title: [Antique print, etching, Piranesi] Pianta del Ponte Ferrato detto dagl'Antiquari Cestio (Plan of the Ponte Ferrato, called the Bridge of Cestius by antiquarians), published 1756-1784, 1 p.
Description: Plate XXII from the fourth and last volume of Le Antichità Romane collecting plates by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, firstly published by Angelo Rotili in Rome between 1756 and 1757. The second edition appeared in 1784. Original wide margins, no traces of binding or folding. Single plate with illustration and explanatory text below.Titled below: 'Pianta del Ponte Ferrato detto dagl'Antiquari Cestio...'Signed on the bottom right: 'Piranesi Archit. dis. ed inc.'.Translated title: A. Plan of the Ponte Ferrato, called the Bridge of Cestius by antiquarians... Etching with some interventions in burin on hand laid paper, with broad margins; plate mark: 356 x 602 mm; total 560 x 795 mm; somewhat frayed end margins, otherwise in great condition. Visible watermark.

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