MERIAN MATTHEUS
Venetia.
Date: Frankfurt,1635 - 1688
Venice
Cod 4752
Subject: Venice
1.700,00 €
Copper engraving, mm 305x710. eautiful general perspective view of the city of Venice enriched with cartouche with doge's crown and winged lion as well as numerous ships and boats as well as the Bucintoro in the Giudecca Canal. It includes the entire city, Murano, Giudecca and the island of S. Giorgio. Taken from “Theatrum Europaeum...,” “Archontologia Cosmica” and “Topographia Italiae” of 1688. Second state specimen with the usual traces of copper wear. Overall good specimen with the usual short margins and usual editorial folds, although the lower part of the engraving is trimmed about 4 mm and professionally taken up, resulting in the defect not being visible on immediate first viewing. Moretto, “Venetia, le immagini della Repubblica”, 69
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