Pinacoteca
DON FERRANTE'S BOOKS IN THE BIBLIOTECA AMBROSIANA
An exhibition that aims at reconstructing the "considerable collection of books” belonging to Don Ferrante, which Alessandro Manzoni describes in the Promessi Sposi (The Bethroted).
On the left: a pipe with a float to breathe underwater; machines to lift, pump and gather water; on top right: two huge cochleas to draw water from a river to two towers, below on the right: a bucket with a syphon.