"Streets and Canals in Venice 12"

Black and white plate from 'Streets and Canals in Venice and in the Islands of the Lagoons'.

Plate 12 includes the following note in the book's annex: "CALLE LARGA and CAMPIELLO DELLE CHIOVERE at S. Rocco's. - The first belfry belongs to S. Rocco's Church, the other to that of S. Mary of the Frari. We have already said, (Series I, Plate VIII) that the chiovere were grassy spaces in which the pieces of woollen cloth were dried after being dyed; and that the name derives from the chiovi or chiodi (nails) used to stretch them."

Publisher: Ferd. Ongania - Venice

Printer: D. Appleton and Company - New York

Condition: Good; please note light creasing on both corners on the top.

Material: Heliogravure

Plate size is 13.5" x 9"