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Carte du Gouvernement Civil et Politique de la Republique de Venise, ses Differens Conseils, le Palais de St. Marc et Celui de Procurateurs.

  • ARTIST: Henri Chatelain

  • PUBLISHER: Published in Amsterdam by L'Honore & Chatelain.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving printed on fine laid paper,

    DATE: 1720

  • EDITION SIZE: 15 3/8 x 18 1/2" (391 x 470 mm ) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates. Included in the 1720 edition of Atlas Historique, published by Chatelain in Amsterdam, this large chart is the twenty-ninth plate in volume three. This decorative plate provides a detailed description of the infrastructure of the Venetian government. Ornamented with numerous vignettes illustrating sessions of parliament (including Doge's Palace), the plate includes a lengthy description of the organization of the state.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Very good condition. Black and white.

  • REFERENCE: Phillips, A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, 305, 548, & 579; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps; Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. II. p. 33-38.

  • CATEGORIES: Maps