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Books from a donation made to NSK as part of READ JAPAN PROJECT.

NSK receives book donation as part of READ JAPAN PROJECT

22 January 2026

On 22 January 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) received a donation of valuable titles revealing the treasures of Japan. Consisting of 43 books, the donation was made as part of READ JAPAN PROJECT. Focusing on Japan’s international promotion and understanding, the project is run by The Tokyo Foundation and with financial support of The Nippon Foundation, which initiated READ… in 2008. Having joined with this donation over 1,400 institutions around the world encompassed by the READ… project, NSK will add ...

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Pages of the 1687 atlas by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli in the NSK Map Collection.

Rare 17th-century atlas added to treasures in NSK Map Collection

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A rare 1687 atlas is the latest treasure in the Map Collection of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK). Made by one of the most notable 17th-century cartographers, Franciscan Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), the atlas was printed in Paris by a prominent printer and engraver Nicolas Langlois. According to data included in it, the atlas was published in only 250 copies and only those who had previously purchased Coronelli’s globe could obtain it. 70 maps documenting ...

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NSK staff unpacking valuable material donated to NSK by Ms Marija Orač.

Medieval maps and invaluable prints and ephemera donated to NSK collections

26 May 2025

On 26 May 2025, by way of a generous donation by Ms Marija Orač from Luxembourg, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) received valuable items now making part of the Library’s Map Collection and Print Collection. Especially valuable are the items which NSK has not held in its collections so far, such as several 18th-century maps of today’s Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of Croatian traditional regions, Slavonia (Le Royaume de Hongrie autora G. Valcka (Amsterdam, 1702); Principatus Transilvaniae In ...

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