Book Depository
The great variety of the collections reflects the Library's history and characteristics. For 140 years the "Library of the Venetians", has been visited by all kinds of readers, students, Italian and foreign scholars.
Since 1869, the heritage of the Querini Stampalia family has continued to grow with the addition of modern books to provide updated resources for study and research, together with volumes donated from the libraries of private citizens.
Today the Library contents consist of:
350.000 volumes
32.000 of them are on the open shelf
120 folders from the archives of the Querini Stampalia family
1.300 manuscripts
100 incunabula
1.617 books printed in the 16th century
20.250 ancient volumes
20.000 booklets
5.000 journals, of which more than 300 are current editions
3.000 engravings
355 geographical maps and ancient maps
The Library materials can be consulted directly from the "open shelf", requested at the desk or borrowed.
