Leighton Library has a 1639 edition of the utopian novel "New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon

Added by Leighton Library at 08:44 on 22 January 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1639 edition of the utopian novel "New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St. Albans) who was born #OnThisDay 22 January 1561. He was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist & author. "New Atlantis" depicts the creation of a utopian...

Leighton Library has first edition of 1788 of 2 volumes of Adam Dickson's "The Husbandry of the Ancients"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:59 on 11 December 2024

The Leighton Library has a first edition of the two volumes of Scottish writer on agriculture Adam Dickson's best-known work on agriculture, "The Husbandry of the Ancients" published in Edinburgh in 1788. This book is a comparison of agricultural practice in ancient times with that of the author's d...

Leighton Library has a 12-volume third edition (1797) of "Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:42 on 10 December 2024

The Leighton Library has a 12-volume third edition (1797) of "Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature," the first edition of which was published #OnThisDay 10 December 1768 as three volumes in Edinburgh, compiled by one editor - William Smellie. It ...

Leighton Library has 1644 edition of "The historie of the reformation of The Church of Scotland" by John Knox

Added by Leighton Library at 14:54 on 24 November 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1644 edition of "The historie of the reformation of The Church of Scotland" by the leader of the Scottish reformation John Knox who died #OnThisDay 24 November 1572

Leighton Library has 1772-1773 editions of "Oeuvres de Monsieur de Voltaire" by Voltaire

Added by Leighton Library at 07:15 on 21 November 2024

The Leighton Library has 1772-1773 editions of "Oeuvres de Monsieur de Voltaire" by French Enlightenment author, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, François-Marie Arouet (known by his nom de plume Voltaire) who was born #OnThisDay 21 November 1694