Van der Aa's Bird's-Eye Plan of Venice Printed Area Measurement_18.5 x 25 cm Lithographed folding map

Lithographed folding map

inset of the beam trawl extended

It took three days to see the whole performance

which is where this decorative genealogical table begins

and (probably) died in 1853

Van der Aa's Bird's-Eye Plan of Venice Printed Area Measurement_18.5 x 25 cm Lithographed folding mapCeleberrima urbs Venetiae This bird's eye plan of the city of Venice and the larger islands is a revised and anonymous version of the Merian plan. Among the most handsome of the large scale panoramas of Venice, its details and decoration include allegorical figures flanking the cartouche and a great deal of traffic on the water. The pleasure seeking Venetian Giacomo Casanova was born in 1725. Venice was just passing the peak of her military and