Leighton Library has 1566 edition of "Historiae Theodorici de Niem, scribae quondam pontificij" by Dietrich of Nieheim

Added by Leighton Library at 07:42 on 22 March 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1566 edition of "Historiae Theodorici de Niem, scribae quondam pontificij" by medieval historian Dietrich of Nieheim who died #OnThisDay 22 March 1418. As a notary or abbreviator to papal courts he wrote about events in which he had been involved or of which he was in an e...

Leighton Library has first edition of 1766 of "Travels through France and Italy" by Tobias Smollett

Added by Leighton Library at 13:19 on 19 March 2025

The Leighton Library has a first edition of 1766 of "Travels through France and Italy" by Scottish surgeon, poet & author Tobias Smollett who was born #OnThisDay 19 March 1721. He was best known for his novels, which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens & George Orwell. He came to writ...

Leighton Library has 1761 edition of "Human nature in its four-fold state " by Thomas Boston

Added by Leighton Library at 18:22 on 17 March 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1761 edition of "Human nature in its four-fold state," a 1840 edition of "The Crook in the Lot," and a 1791 edition of "A soliloquy on the art of man-fishing" all by Scottish educator, church leader, theologian, philosopher & author Thomas Boston who was born #OnThisDay 17...