An incomplete list of pharmacies, or speziali, which have at some time existed in Venice. Some are still around.
About forty engravings from the early 1600s, with dresses, attires, ceremonies, feasts, regattas and much more.
Fires were a very real preoccupation of the Venetians, and there have been many fires in Venice over the centuries
“Frezzarìa” from Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini