Venice. - "Contrafhetung der fuernemen statt Venedig sampt den umligenden inseln" Half bird's eye view of Venice Woodcut. Published in "Cosmographia" By Sebastian Muenster (1488-1552)German edition Printer: Petri. Basel, 1553

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Venice. - "Contrafhetung der fuernemen statt Venedig sampt den umligenden inseln"

Half bird's eye view of Venice

Woodcut.

Published in "Cosmographia"

By Sebastian Muenster (1488-1552)German edition

Printer: Petri.

Basel, 1553

Age-toned paper. Bottom margin has cenutry-old repairs with acidic paper, which has led to browning of print in bottom margin. Left and right margins are narrow. Reverse side has article about Venetians and Venice.

24,7 x 38,5 cm (ca. 9.7 x 15.2")
Piazza San Marco, or Saint Mark's Square; aristocracy; "the drawing room of Europe" (a quote attributed to Napoleon); Basilica; Campanile di San Marco, the Basilica's bell tower; two 12th-century columns: Venice's two patron saints: Saint Mark in the form of a winged lion, and Saint Teodoro (Theodore); architectural style encompasses Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European influences; Horses of San Marco, brought back from Constantinople during the 4th Crusade; La Giustizia; Doges' Palace (Palazzo Ducale); Cardinal Domenico Grimani;