An early town plan of Venice

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Venetia.
Cologne, 1572, German text edition. Original colour. 340 x 485mm.

A classic 16th century map-view of Venice published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first systematic series of printed town plans. Copied from Bolognino Zaltieri's plan of c.1565, it has a costume vignette and a 153-point key under the map.


Stock ID : 23052