Ongania (Ferdinand, editor & publisher)

Streets and canals in Venice and in the islands of the lagoons, 2 volumes, title in red and black with wood-engraved vignette, additional Italian title-pages dated 1890-91, 200 heliogravure plates, text in Italian, plate list in English, spotting throughout, occasional short tears, original half morocco, spine gilt-lettered with 6 raised bands, extremities worn, some loss to head of volume I, folio, 1895-96 (2)

***Ongania, who published out of his antique shop on Piazza San Marco and catered to an international clientele, was one of the earliest exponents of photogravure processes.