Iconografica rappresentatione della inclita citta di Venetia
Iconografica rappresentatione della inclita citta di Venetia Icongrafica rappresentatione della inclita citta di Venetia: con tutti i canali Ry. Chiese Ponti. isolette, division de sestieri, i.e., vrbs Venetiarum ad exemplar typi majoris qui serenissimo senatui Veneto consecratus Venetÿs 1729 prodÿt.
Nurnberg,
Homannianis Heredibus Norib. Cum P.S.C.M.,
1762
Double-page engraved plan (383 by 545mm) with panorama beneath (9 by 545mm), full margins, with contemporary hand-colour in full (lower margin with two short tears affecting the image, lightly spotted).
530 by 630mm. (20.75 by 24.75 inches).
12722
notes:
A fine and detailed plan of Venice, based on Ludovico Ughi's monumental 12-sheet map of Venice published in 1729, as stated in the title. This reduced version, with the added panorama was published in the "Stadt - atlas, oder: Schauplatz beruhmter Stadte, Verstumgen, Prospekte, Gegenden, Grundrisse, Belangerungen, etc: Welche by denen Hommaniscen Erben", Nuremberg, 1762.
Despite its smaller format the Homann plan of Venice is still remarkably detailed, showing al...
Despite its smaller format the Homann plan of Venice is still remarkably detailed, showing al...
bibliography:
Moretto 175.
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