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Pratica Universale del Magistrato delle Acque, in Italian, decorated manuscript on paper, Venice, 18 April 1692
A 17th-century witness to the general administration, preservation and development of the Venetian lagoon, canals, rivers and waterways
300 x220mm. 105 leaves, complete, 26 lines, ruled space: 228 x 153mm. Contemporary mottled pasteboards (scuffed).
Provenance: Giovanni Antonio Pedrinelli Piscina: his dedicatory preface dated 18 April 1692 addressed to Sebastiano Foscarini (1649-1711), who was one of the most influential senators of the Venetian Republic, appointed Procurator of San Marco de Supra in 1690, at the young age of 40. The text seems to have been composed by Piscina’s ancestor, one Antonio Piscina, so the present manuscript is probably a copy of Biblioteca Universitaria di Padova, Ms. n 399 cc. 204, dated 1618. Another copy – part of the Foscarini collection – can be found in Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. 6570 Han.
Content: Titlepage f.1; Dedication to Sebastiano Foscarini f.2; brief history of the Magistero delle Acque ff.3-7; introduction ff.7-8v; Book I: on ports, canals, valleys, swamps, islands, partiacque, tides, on the state of the lagoon, on natural and manmade damage, etc. ff. 8v-39v; Book II: on the origins of rivers, on the Po, Adige, Brenta, etc., on canals and shores ff.40-57; Book III: on the various officials charged with looking after the waterways ff.58-88; yearly revenues and expenditures ff.88v-90v; index ff.91-93; blanks ff.94-105.
A 17th-century witness to the general administration, preservation and development of the Venetian lagoon, canals, rivers and waterways
300 x220mm. 105 leaves, complete, 26 lines, ruled space: 228 x 153mm. Contemporary mottled pasteboards (scuffed).
Provenance: Giovanni Antonio Pedrinelli Piscina: his dedicatory preface dated 18 April 1692 addressed to Sebastiano Foscarini (1649-1711), who was one of the most influential senators of the Venetian Republic, appointed Procurator of San Marco de Supra in 1690, at the young age of 40. The text seems to have been composed by Piscina’s ancestor, one Antonio Piscina, so the present manuscript is probably a copy of Biblioteca Universitaria di Padova, Ms. n 399 cc. 204, dated 1618. Another copy – part of the Foscarini collection – can be found in Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. 6570 Han.
Content: Titlepage f.1; Dedication to Sebastiano Foscarini f.2; brief history of the Magistero delle Acque ff.3-7; introduction ff.7-8v; Book I: on ports, canals, valleys, swamps, islands, partiacque, tides, on the state of the lagoon, on natural and manmade damage, etc. ff. 8v-39v; Book II: on the origins of rivers, on the Po, Adige, Brenta, etc., on canals and shores ff.40-57; Book III: on the various officials charged with looking after the waterways ff.58-88; yearly revenues and expenditures ff.88v-90v; index ff.91-93; blanks ff.94-105.
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