Leighton Library has 1776 edition of "Sylva: a discourse of forest-trees” by John Evelyn

Added by Leighton Library at 07:23 on 31 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1776 edition of "Sylva: a discourse of forest-trees together with a historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves" by English writer, gardener and diarist John Evelyn who was born #OnThisDay 31 October 1620. Evelyn's diaries, or memoirs, are largely conte...

Leighton Library has 1606 edition of "Les vies des hommes illustres" by Jacques Amyot

Added by Leighton Library at 08:18 on 30 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1606 edition of "Les vies des hommes illustres" by French Renaissance writer and translator Jacques Amyot who was born #OnThisDay 30 October 1513. This was described as a "vigorous and idiomatic version of Plutarch," which was translated into English, and supplied Shakespe...

Leighton Library has 1799 edition of "The Life of Samuel Johnson" by James Boswell

Added by Leighton Library at 07:35 on 29 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1799 edition of "The Life of Samuel Johnson" (considered one of the greatest biographies ever written) by Scottish biographer James Boswell who was born #OnThisDay 29 October 1740

Leighton Library has 1757 edition of the "Works of Dr Jonathan Swift

Added by Leighton Library at 08:06 on 28 October 2024

#OnThisDay 28 October 1726 the novel "Gulliver's Travels" by satirist Jonathan Swift was first published. The Leighton Library has a 1757 edition of the "Works of Dr Jonathan Swift," which includes this and much more

Leighton Library has a 1649 edition of "Exercitationes paradoxicae, adversus aristoteleos" by Pierre Gassendi

Added by Leighton Library at 06:38 on 24 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1649 edition of "Exercitationes paradoxicae, adversus aristoteleos" (Paradoxical Exercises Against the Aristotelians) by French philosopher, priest, astronomer & mathematician Pierre Gassendi who died #OnThisDay 24 October 1655. He published the first data on the transit o...