1841 Giuseppe Kier Plan of City Map of Venice, Italy
Pianta della regia citta di Venezia a sue isole vicine.
Striking plan of Venice.
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Striking plan of Venice.
This is a beautiful 1841 Giuseppe Kier city map of Venice, featuring an array of superbly lithographed views.A Closer Look
The plan includes a key naming of 197 specific structures, including churches, municipal, and military buildings. A separate letter key locates eight of Venice's theaters, as well as hotels and baths. Kier was a known lithographer of views, and this plan played to his strengths with its seven lively views of the monasteries of San Nicolò del Lido and San Lazzaro, the island of San Servolo, the church of Sant'Elena (two of the latter, one with a gondola in the foreground), the Castello S. Andrea, San Mich ele di Murano, and Murano Island.This plan was influential and served as the basis for several later printed plans of the city - for example, Seiffert's popular cloth-printed souvenir map was derived from Kier's work.
Publication History and Census
The plan first appeared in print in 1838, with further editions in 1841 and 1851. We see five examples overall in institutional collections, none of which correspond to this 1841 example.Cartographer
Giuseppe Kier (fl. 1838 - 1890), also known as Joseph Kier, was a Venetian lithographer and printer, known primarily for his collections of Venetian architectural views of palaces and churches,Venezia Monumentale Pittoresca. Virtually nothing is known of his education and childhood, and his career is known almost entirely via his surviving works. Further Details...
Condition
Very good. Faint soiling. Dissected and mounted to linen for folding, as issued. Original slipcase present and sound. Few mends to linen at junctures; else excellent.
References
OCLC 637081942.