Leighton Library has 1816 edition of “A visit to Flanders, in July, 1815, being chiefly an account of the Field of Waterloo. With a short sketch of Antwerp and Brussels, at that time occupied by the wounded of both armies” by James Simpson

Added by Leighton Library at 06:51 on 18 June 2025

It’s #WaterlooDay today, commemorating the Battle of Waterloo fought #OnThisDay 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The Leighton Library has an 1816 eighth edition of “A visit to Flanders, in July, 1815, being chiefly an account of the Field of Water...

Leighton Library has 1769 edition of “Miscellaneous works in verse and prose, of the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, esq” by Joseph Addison

Added by Leighton Library at 05:49 on 17 June 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1769 edition of “Miscellaneous works in verse and prose, of the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, esq” by English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician Joseph Addison, who died #OnThisDay 17 June 1719. He was a contributor to the Tatler magazine, co-founded The Sp...

Leighton Library has first Latin translation of 1548 of “D. Ioannis Thauleri praeclarissimi viri Tam de tempore quam de sanctis conciones plane pijssimae, caeteraque opera omĩa” by Johannes Tauler

Added by Leighton Library at 06:29 on 16 June 2025

The Leighton Library has a first Latin translation of 1548 of “D. Ioannis Thauleri praeclarissimi viri Tam de tempore quam de sanctis conciones plane pijssimae, caeteraque opera omĩa” - the sermons of German mystic & Catholic priest Johannes Tauler who died #OnThisDay 16 June 1361. Tauler was famou...

Leighton Library has 1711 edition of "Apparatus Biblicus" by Bernard Lamy

Added by Leighton Library at 06:15 on 15 June 2025

#OnThisDay 15 June 1640 French Oratorian, mathematician and theologian Bernard Lamy was born. The Leighton Library has a 1711 edition of his "Apparatus Biblicus" in which he calls into question the historical character of the book of Tobias and book of Judith

Leighton Library has 1618 edition of "M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia, sive De bello civili Cæsaris et Pompeji lib X" by Thomas Farnaby

Added by Leighton Library at 07:40 on 12 June 2025

#OnThisDay 12 June 1647 leading classical scholar & outstanding educator of his time Thomas Farnaby died. His works chiefly consisted of annotated editions of Latin authors, and textbooks on rhetoric and Latin grammar, which enjoyed extraordinary popularity. The Leighton Library has a 1618 edition o...