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Venice (Venezia), by Joannis Henrici a Pflaumern. 1625
Moretto: "This small view is certainly one of the best maps of Venice, among the ones of the same size. The etching technique is refined, the sign is sharp and bright. It is an accurate copy of G. Franco's larger map."
Venetia
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Italy - Cities
Old, antique bird’s-eye view plan of Venice (Venetia) by Joannis Henrici a Pflaumern.
Title: Venetia.
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Engraver: Wolfgang Kilian.
Date of the first edition: 1625.
Date of this map: 1625.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Map size: 160 x 185mm (6.3 x 7.28 inches).
Sheet size: 185 x 210mm (7.28 x 8.27 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Trimmed to neatline and contemporaneously pasted on a larger sheet of paper.
Condition Rating: A.
From: Joannis Henrici a Pflaumen IC, MERCVRIVS ITALICVS Hospiti Fidus per ITALIAE Praecipuas Regiones et Vrbes Dux: Indicans, Explicans Quaecumque in iis sunt Visu ac scitu digna. Augsburg, A. Aperger, 1625.
Moretto: "This small view is certainly one of the best maps of Venice, among the ones of the same size. The etching technique is refined, the sign is sharp and bright. It is an accurate copy of G. Franco's larger map."