Famous series of paintings reproduced in contemporary engravings by Visentini. Wonderful view of 18th-century Venice; thorough text by J. Links. 50 illustration

An inspector rages against the announcement that police HQ is to relocate – the way so many of the city’s residents already have – to the mainland... An a

This book is a sweeping historical portrait of the floating city of Venice from its foundations to the present day. Joanne M. Ferraro considers Venice's unique

Half a millennium of English and American fantasies of Venice: this collection of essays by leading critics in the field explores the continued and continuing f