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Means by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, tome 3, tavola 53 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

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Le Antichità Romane tome 3, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund transferred from the Library

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Artist) Angelo Rotili (Artist)

Albums Architecture Tombs Rome

published 1756–57, 1756, 1757

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Title: Means by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, tome 3, tavola 53 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

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