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	Collections from the 16th, 18th and 20th centuries In 1906, the heirs of José Pizcueta bequeathed the Botanical Garden their private library, which consisted of general botanic books and floras from the 18th and 19th centuries. This legacy constitutes the basis of the Old Collection. Some of these works are illustrated with magnificent and chalcographic engravings and coloured illustrations of an exceptional quality that photographic technique couldn’t surpass. These collected works were augmented with the purchase and donation of facsimiles of works that would be otherwise difficult to obtain.
	Monographs and other publications on botany The library also has a significant collection of books, specialised journals and popular science magazines, special materials and offprints or extracts from monographs. These materials were chiefly donated by Manuel Costa Talens, Gonzalo Mateo and Vernon H. Heywood. The library collections are part of the general catalogue of the University (link to catàleg Trobes). The library also has doctoral theses, dissertations and final projects, most of them unpublished, and various teaching projects archived, most of them donated by D. Manuel Costa (both types of documents are excluded from loan and reproduction without the written consent of the authors).
	Facsímiles The small collection of facsimiles is also worthy of mention (searchable from the general catalogue through the reference code JB FACS). These are successively adding up to the old collection.
	Local collection Books published by the Botanical Garden about its history, plants col·lection (palms, cacti, citrus, monumental trees), and other related publications (exhibitions catalogues, educational materials, etc.)
	Periodicals The Library is currently subscribed to a number of regularly published journals. There are also available other issues from formerly subscribed journals about botany, gardens, plant diseases, horticulture, and other related topics. botànica, jardins, sanitat vegetal i horticultura, entre d'altres matèries relacionades.

Special collectons

	Evolution: Coming from a donation from the professor Juli Peretó in 2020, it consists of more than 800 titles on evolution, origin of life, science and evolution in relation to religion, philosophy, etc., mainly scientific but also includes some popular works.
	Children's books: informative and literature books for children about plants, flowers, forests, nature conservation, horticulture and gardening, cooking, etc.
	Nature writing: Fiction and non-fiction prose, poetry and essays, The genre includes observations on the natural world, evocations of particular landscapes, and explorations of our relationship with the environment. Nature Writing Library Guide
	Popular Science Books: Writen generally by scientists for a general audience, to communicate ideas and discoveries to the wider public. Our collection includes different scientific topics, from botany to evolution, environment or astronomy.

Other materials

	Educational games about recycling, tree identification, etc. Available for 7 day loan.

Geological, topographic, forestry and vegetation maps, along with videos, CDs, DVDs, microforms and didactic materials. The microforms include 17 microfilms from the Antonio José Cavanilles’s private collection, preserved since 1992 in the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid.
Offprints and articles: BOTANYBIB database includes the documents processed by the seeds bank as basis and support for their conservation role. Offprints can be retrieved by author, title, keywords (in the original language of the publication: Latin, English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Valencian and German) and journal data.