Special Collections
Hannelore Busse Cesarini
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Library
Biblioteca Umanistica Università di Urbino
1.2 Collection name
Hannelore Busse Cesarini
1.3 Biographical notes
No information is available regarding the lives of Hannelore Busse and her husband, Ennio Cesarini.
1.4 Date and methods of acquisition
The Hannelore Busse Cesarini Collection was donated to the University of Urbino in 2006 by Ennio Cesarini, Hannelore’s widower. The book collection was kept in their private residence until the donation.
1.5 Collection history
The collection likely originated in Switzerland, where Hannelore and Ennio lived before retiring to Urbino. The books, gathered over a lifetime, reflect an interest in 20th-century German-language fiction.
1.6 Collection increase
No further material is expected to be added to the collection.
1.7 Collection indexing
The collection was donated to the University without any inventory, following a preliminary survey by Dr. Federico Marcucci. The catalogue is now accessible through the National Library System (opac.sbn.it) e sand the SBN Marche Nord Network (bibliomarchenord.it/SebinaOpac; sba.uniurb.it/SebinaOpac).
1.8 Collection accessibility
The collection has been catalogued and made available to the public.
2. DESCRIPTION
2.1 Extent
The collection holds 451 volumes of 20th-century German-language fiction.
2.2 Description identifier, organization, and placement
The collection has maintained its own autonomy from the rest of the library holdings and is housed in the F.BUSSE CESARINI section, divided into the following categories:
● HBC-01: Monographic works related to German-language fiction (400 units).
● HBC-02: Monographic works related to German-language anthologies (17 units).
● HBC-03: Miscellaneous (34 units).
2.3 State of conservation
Well preserved.
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DOCUMENTATION
3.1 Bibliography and documentation
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4. NOTES
4.1 Special notes and reports
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PERMALINK TO THE CATALOGUE
COMPLIER'S NAME
Elisa Ceccarini