Collection
The library hosts books written in or related to Esperanto; the books mainly deal with linguistics, literature, theology and politics. Overall, the library hosts around eight thousand books, of which the majority was donated by family Dazzini, and later by other Italian Esperantists.
The collection also includes 176 magazines, not yet catalogued, as well as other documents such as travel diaries, correspondence, photographic images and music recordings.
About half of the collection consists of translations in Esperanto of works of prose and poetry from every part of the world.
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