Carte du Gouvernement Civil et Politique de la Republique de Venise, ses Differens Conseils, le Palais de St. Marc et Celui de Procurateurs (Map of the Civil and Political Government of the Republic of Venice, its Various Councils, the Palace of St. Mark, and that of the Procurators)

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• 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" (39.1 x 47 cm ) 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 , Europe , Italy