Several shots of an incredible book in our Nickerson Art & Architecture Collection. This elephant folio was etched and produced by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1775 and features this amazing 9 foot fold out of Trajan's Column. The close ups don't even do the level of detail justice. #libraries #rarebooks #providence #rhodeisland #etchings #illustrations #folios #18thcentury #printing #printinghistory (at Providence Public Library)