The origins of the library date back in 1362, when the poet Petrarca gave to the Republic Of Venice his personal collection of manuscripts.
The library grews thanks to the donations of illustrious poets.
Amog the artist that have contributed to its decoration we find Veronese and Tiziano.
The library is specialized in philology and Venice history and its patrimony is composed by:
The library grews thanks to the donations of illustrious poets.
Amog the artist that have contributed to its decoration we find Veronese and Tiziano.
The library is specialized in philology and Venice history and its patrimony is composed by:
- 622.804 printed books
- 2.887 incunables(a book printed with mobile typeface)
- 13.113 manuscripts
- 24.069 cinquecentine (books printed in the sixteenth century)
Amog the most important copies that are preserved in this library, there are:
- two of the most illustrious codes of Iliad: Homerus Venetus A and Homerus Venetus B;
- Chronologia magna by Fra Polino;
- a maunscript of Naturalis Historia by Plino;
- the epistulae familiares by Cicerone;
- 56 volumes of diary of the history of Venice by Martin Sanudo;
- a collection of maps and atlases.