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This is a 1722 Latin-titled engraved survey of Venice, edited by Johannes Georgius Graevius with plates arranged by Pieter van der Aa for an educated readership and printed in the Dutch Republic. The plates show Venetian palazzi seen from the canal or square, each with a caption strip naming the palace and its owner, drawn in clear orderly linework with figures in boats and on quays. A designer might take the strict architectural elevations, the gridded window rhythm, and the small boat and gondola figures as a model for classical town-view compositions.
