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After having shown in the previous plate the means by which the large blocks were lifted in the construction of the magnificent Tomb of Caecilia Metella, etc., I speculated about the use of the liftin Instrument called the Ulivella, rediscovered by Brunel

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Etching, Le Antichità Romane tome 3
Le Antichità Romane tome 3, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund transferred from the Library
Title: After having shown in the previous plate the means by which the large blocks were lifted in the construction of the magnificent Tomb of Caecilia Metella, etc., I speculated about the use of the liftin Instrument called the Ulivella, rediscovered by Brunel
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Etching, Le Antichità Romane tome 3.

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