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Special collections

BEM preserves a number of personal and thematic book collections of particular significance and value. These include sixteenth-century editions, early printed books, rare and valuable editions, personal archives, as well as thematic collections that are unique in terms of both relevance and content.

The collections are accessible to all interested parties, under conditions that ensure their proper preservation. BEM also promotes digitization and valorization projects, with the aim of making this heritage increasingly accessible and visible to the academic community and the general public.

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Logo ASVIS e icone dei goals

Thematic Bibliographic Collection on the Goals of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development

Immagine di libri antichi

Historical Collection of nineteenth-century and earlier holdings, originating from the original collections of the former Faculty of Economics Library and from historical donations and acquisitions.

Immagine di vecchia cartina geografica

Extensive collection of atlases and cartographic works, with a strong focus on geography, economics, commerce, and history.

Foto di Diego De Castro con toga accademica

Volumes originating from the Library of Applied Statistics for Economic Sciences, named after Diego De Castro, a university professor and scholar of demography, statistics, social research methodology, and quantitative finance.

Foto di Ferdinando Di Fenizio

Donation from the heirs of Ferdinando Di Fenizio, comprising monographs, conference proceedings, and journal offprints, with a strong focus on Italian and international economics, industry, and economic policy.

Foto di Giuseppe Prato

Volumes from the personal library of Giuseppe Prato, a Turin-based economist, professor of Public Finance, and member of the Italian Parliament in the immediate post–World War I period.

Foto di Dino e Piero Gribaudi

Volumes from the “Dino e Piero Gribaudi” Library.

Scaffale di volumi sul lavoro

Bibliographic material originating from the Institute of Labour Studies.

Immagine di scaffale di legno con libri di merceologia

Collection of volumes on topics related to commodity sciences, with a particular focus on specific industrial sectors.

Scaffale di legno con libri di storia economica

Heterogeneous collection of volumes from the Library of Economic History, covering a wide range of humanities and social sciences disciplines, with a strong emphasis on historical, economic, and political subjects.

Immagine di bilancia della giustizia

Historical collection of uncertain provenance, consisting primarily of monographs and serial works on legal topics.

Immagine di uno scaffale dedicato ai volumi rari

Bibliographic collection selected for the rarity of its items.

Foto dello scaffale YOUNG presente in BEM

Heterogeneous collection of volumes on economics and, to a lesser extent, ecology and sustainability, aimed at a young audience of children and adolescents.

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