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16th century woodcut plan of Venice

ALBERTI, Leandro.

[Untitled plan of Venice.]
Venice: Altobello Salicato, 1588. Woodcut. Sheet 185 x 255mm.

Slight ink show-through from reverse.

A scarce plan of Venice, first published in the 1567 edition of Father Leandro Alberti's 'Isole Appartenenti alla Italia', a description of the islands of Italy.
Leandro Alberti (1479-1552), a Dominican friar from Bologna, was a historian and author, writing biographies of famous Dominicans and histories of Bologna and Venice. His 'Isole' was first published in 1550 without maps, as the second part of his 'Descrizione d'Italia'.

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Stock Id :21492

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16th century woodcut plan of Venice

ALBERTI, Leandro.

[Untitled plan of Venice.]
Venice: Altobello Salicato, 1588. Woodcut. Sheet 185 x 255mm.

Slight ink show-through from reverse.

A scarce plan of Venice, first published in the 1567 edition of Father Leandro Alberti's 'Isole Appartenenti alla Italia', a description of the islands of Italy.
Leandro Alberti (1479-1552), a Dominican friar from Bologna, was a historian and author, writing biographies of famous Dominicans and histories of Bologna and Venice. His 'Isole' was first published in 1550 without maps, as the second part of his 'Descrizione d'Italia'.

MORETTI: 21.
Stock ID : 21492

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