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The Venice: La Serenissima hardcover combines historical narrative with archival visual documentation, tracing over a millennium of Venetian history through roughly sixty defining chronological moments. Written by Venetian historian Alberto Toso Fei and introduced by architect Peter Marino, the volume covers the city's founding in 421 CE, the rule of the Doges, maritime dominance, and artistic heritage through to the modern era. Photography by Helmut Newton and Cecil Beaton appears alongside artworks sourced from rare books, private collections, and institutional archives, forming a visual record that runs parallel to the written narrative. The clamshell edition features Canaletto's The Bucintoro Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day, while the hardcover presents a Cecil Beaton photograph from the 1951 Beistegui Ball.
