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Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria
Citta di Venetia
Venice, c.1693. Two sheets conjoined, total 490 x 770mm. Remargined at top, as
usual with this large format plate.
A magnificent, large-scale bird’s-eye view of Venice, surrounded by armorials of the
Venetian nobility on a garland, the Venetian lion top centre. This is an example of
the first state (of three), still with the date of 1693 in the dedication roundel. This is
a scarce map: it did not appear in all of Coronelli’s atlases and the examples that did
were often damaged because of the large height and width. MORETTO: 114, first
state of three, ‘considered one of the most beautiful and appreciated Venetian maps’.
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