Legacy of the Pinterovi？ family in the collections of the City and University library Osijek

Sa？etak Private libraries in possession of the City and University Library Osijek are witnesses of life in Osijek as an artistic, cultural, and political centre, but they also help us reconstruct the social attitudes and citizens’ customs. They are the legacy of intellectuals and profiled readers from Osijek in the beginning and the middle of the 20th century, of active cultured citizens, fellow translators, writers, historians, politicians, mayors, who contributed to the development of Osijek with their work. By leaving a part of her private library to a public institution (that is not the Museum), Danica Pinterovi？ showed how much she cared for conserving the printed legacy and passing it to new generations. Her legacy in the City and University Library Osijek is a living trace in the culture and a contribution to the fund of local history and monumental collection. The legacy of Danica and Ante Pinterovi？ was received in the fund of Local History Collection of the City and University Library Osijek in 1980’s. It consists of 195 books, most of them from the field of literature. The legacy was formed between the end of the 19th century (when Danica’s father Ante was active) until 1980’s. Before 1900, 33 books were printed. The oldest one is in German and was printed in 1864. The oldest of the Croatian books is Smrt Smail-age ？engiji？a (Death of Smail-Aga ？engiji？) by Ivan Ma？urani？ and it was printed in 1883. The collection contains only one book that was printed andp ublished in Osijek (print by Eugen Sekler), the anthology of world literature Sa stranih njiva: rukovet cvije？a, trnja i zrnja (From foreign fields: a bouquet of flower, thorns and grains) in the selection of Hugo Krieshaber from 1929, digitalised in 2017. The exceptional value of the Pinterovi？ family’s legacy, like of other legacies of prominent Osijek citizens in the library, lies in its provenance. The traces of the readers are visible in property tags, dedications, and personal notes, which can be found in 43 books of the Pinterovi？ legacy. Most of the books are often marked with a blue printed ex libris of the legacy owner, family members, their signatures, but also the signatures of former book owners, giving us information about the whole history of the books, their provenance