Alberto Bertoni: Rio Terrà degli Assassini 3637/b, San Marco. For remaindered and secondhand books, including a number of art-book bargains.

Ca' Foscarina: Campiello Squellini 3243, Dorsoduro. Good range of non-Italian titles amid a wide stock of generally academic books (the university is almost next door).

Cluva: Campo dei Tolentini 197, Santa Croce (San Polo section). Situated next to the university's architecture department, this unsurprisingly is the most comprehensive stockist of books on architecture.

Fantoni: Salizzada S. Luca 4121, San Marco. For the glossiest, weightiest and most expensive art books.

Filippi Editore Venezia: Caselleria 5284 and Calle del Paradiso 5762, both Castello. The family-run Filippi business produces a vast range of Venice-related facsimile editions, including Francesco Sansovino's sixteenth-century guide to the city (the first city guide ever published) and sells an amazing stock of books about Venice in its two shops.

Goldoni: Calle dei Fabbri 4742, San Marco. The best general bookshop in the city; also keeps an array of maps and posters.

Libreria della Toletta: Sacca della Toletta 1214, Dorsoduro. Sells reduced-price books, mainly in Italian, but some dual language and translations. Bargains on Electa art books.

Libreria Emiliana: Calle Goldoni 4487a, San Marco. A small shop, but well-stocked with books relating to Venice, and a selection of English-language titles.

Libreria Studium: San Marco 337 (Tel: 041-522-2382), carries lots of travel guides and maps as well as books in English.

Libreria al Ponte: Calle della Mandola, 3717D (Tel: 041-522-4030), which stocks travel guides and English-language books.

San Giorgio: Calle Larga XXII Marzo 2087, San Marco. A small but well-stocked art bookshop.

Sansovino: Bacino Orseolo 84, San Marco. Second only to Fantoni for books on art.

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