- The museum’s library collection consists mostly of professional literature in the fields of pharmacy and medicine, but it also includes books from other fields, as well as musical scores from various composers
- Some books were donated by individuals from their family libraries. These we mainly descendants of pharmacists who wanted to permanently preserve the memory of their ancestors. The books are interesting because they contain specific signatures, comments, notes, and ex libris inscriptions indicating book ownership
- The oldest book dates back to 1547 and represents Riel’s presentation of De materia medica, originally authored by Dioscorides. The Greek scientist Pedanius Dioscorides from the 1st century is considered the founder or father of pharmacology and botany
- The other two books also represent types of botanical encyclopedias, and you can view their digitized copies at the following link:
- https://претражива.срб/преглед/фармацеутски-факултет
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