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Title:

Annotazioni pescherecce

Author:

Angelo Marella, (edited by Luigi Divari and Gilberto Penzo)

Publisher:

Il Leggio, Sottomarina (Venezia)

Date:

1990

Pages:

224 + 98

Illustrations:

134 b/w - 264 col.

Format:

21 x 29.5 brochure

Subject:

Annotated and illustrated edition of a 19th-Century manuscript describing the vessels, the fishing and navigational techniques, and the equipment of the fishermen of Chioggia. Includes colour reproductions of more than a thousand original sail designs with the names of the fishermen of the era.

Price (€):

45


 

 

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Title:

Il Bragosso

Author:

Gilberto Penzo

Publisher:

Il Leggio, Sottomarina (Venice)

Date:

1992

Pages:

250 + two separate drawings.

Illustrations:

145 b/w + 70 col.

Format:

31.5 x 21 rilegato

Subject:

History, description and construction of the hull, rigging and sails of the most widely-used fishing boat of the Adriatic, as well as a description of the life of the boatbuilders and fishermen of Chioggia.

Reviews:

Il Piccolo di Trieste

Price (€):

45


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Title:

Barche Veneziane. Catalogo illustrato dei piani di costruzione. Venetian Boats. An illustrated catalogue of draughts.

Author:

Gilberto Penzo

Publisher:

Il Leggio, Sottomarina (Ve)

Date:

2002

Pages:

256

Illustrations:

195 line drawings, 1 photograph in b/n. and 4 in colour.

Format:

24,5 x 22, brochure.

Subject:

Construction plans of existing and historical boats of the Northern Adriatic.

Notes:

Full text in English

Price (€):

28


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Title:

Forcole Remi e Voga alla Veneta.

Venetian Oarlocks, Oars and Rowing Techniques.

Author:

Gilberto Penzo with Saverio Pastor

Publisher:

Il Leggio, Sottomarina (Ve)

Date:

1997

Pages:

112

Illustrations:

146 b/w, 22 colour.

Format:

24.5 x 21.5, brochure.

Subject:

Describes Venetian rowing techniques and how the oars and fórcole - the special rowlocks used in the Venetian Lagoon - are made. Each fórcola, ancient or modern, is illustrated with a brief description and two photographs.

Reviews:

Il Gazzettino

Notes:

Full text in English.

Price (€):

28


 

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Title:

Venetian Ship. An Illustrated Catalogue of Draughts

Author:

Gilberto Penzo

Publisher:

Lint

Date:

2000

Pages:

160

Illustrations:

195 b/w, 8 in colour.

Format:

28 x 21.5, Hardback.

Subject:

The 'twin' of the book about Venetian boats, this is the first systematic and illustrated catalogue of original construction plans of ancient Venetian ships.

Reviews:

Il Corriere della Sera

Notes:

Full text in English.

Price (€):

32.02


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 Title:

La gondola. Storia, progettazione e costruzione della più straordinaria imbarcazione tradizionale di Venezia.

Author:

Gilberto Penzo

Publisher:

Istituzione per la conservazione della gondola e la tutela del gondoliere.

Date:

1999.

Pages:

253.

Illustrations:

Total of 400 drawings and photos in b/w and colour.

Format:

24.5 x 29.5 cm

Subject:

Detailed description of the historical evolution of the gondola, its construction, its fittings, and the variants of this elegant boat.

Reviews:

Il Gazzettino

Notes:

Hardback

Price (€):

52


Title:

Libro de rason de galie et nave de ogni sorte

Autori:

Todaro de Nicolò, edited by Gilberto Penzo and Mauro Bondioli.

Publisher:

Il Leggio

Date:

To be published.

Pages:

 

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Format:

 

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Subject:

Anastatic edition of a 16th-Century manuscript of Venetian naval architecture with parallel transcription.

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 Title:

Vaporetti - un secolo di trasporto pubblico nella laguna di Venezia

Author:

Gilberto Penzo

Publisher:

Il Leggio

Date:

2004

Pages:

255

Illustrations:

Total of 320 photographs in colour, b/w and tehnical drawings.

Format:

24x32 cm

Subject:

Historical and technical descriptions of the entire fleet, past and present, of Venetian water buses (vaporetti). Each vessel, from the first French ones of 1882 to the present day, is described with original technical drawings, photographs and reconstructions in 3D graphics.

Reviews:

La Nuova di Venezia

Price (€):

50


 

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 Title:

Maestri d'ascia. Costruire barche a Venezia

Author:

Gilberto Penzo, Francesco Polo, Francesca Scarpa, Matteo Tamassia

Publisher:

Confartigianato, Marsilio

Date:

2006

Pages:

112

Illustrations:

b/w, colour

Format:

24x29 cm

Subject:

A panorama of the world of boatyards and the master boatbuilders (maestri d’ascia) who worked in them. The book examines the traditional construction techniques, the families of boatbuilders (squerarioli), the current situation and the future of this noble art.

Price (€):

25

 

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