The Antiquarian Bookshop is free entrance. It consists of 23 rooms, some of which have vaulted celings, arranged on three floors, surrounding a large garden. It hosts more than 150.000 volumes of value (over 2 km of books), ranging from XVth century works, up to XIXth century and contemporary literature.

Going through the rooms is like traveling through time. The bookshelves are crammed with thousands of tomes, each with its multicoloured title printed on the spines.

The great works, whether they be poems, romances, or artistic books of the Italian as well as of foreign literature, can be found next to treaties of Geography, Chemistry, manuals, essays, Architecture, Music, Science, Poetry, or whatelse can attract the attention of researchers, enquiring bibliophiles, or just book-lovers.

A specific sector is dedicated to Law and Economics, provided with an extensive catalogue

Prints, Maps, and Geographical Prints
on Florence and Tuscany

A collection of interesting and rare prints, maps, plans and geographical prints of Florence and Tuscany

Books on Medicine & Surgery

An interesting collection of books, including illustrated ones, on Medicine and Surgery, covering various medical specialties.

Carta Geografica

Ptolemaeus Claudius

Undecima Asie tabula continet India extra Gange[m]. [Anno MCCCCLXXXII augusti vero kalendas XVII impressum Ulme per ingeniosum virum Leonardum Hol. (Ulm, Lienhart Holle, 16 luglio 1482)]. Foglio del “Tolomeo di Ulm” (prima edizione, del 16 luglio) recante la carta geografica della penisola indocinese impressa in xilografia a doppia pagina su una facciata e il relativo testo descrittivo, stampato su una pagina dell’altra facciata.

Edizioni

La Biblioteca Dei miei Ragazzi

Editore Salani

Le nostre estati da piccoli, quando, finita la scuola, ci trasferivamo tutti in campagna, in un antico castello tra Firenze e Siena, dove si stava in affitto nell’appartamento all’ultimo piano, un tempo riservato ai domestici...