Leighton Library has 1633 edition of "Mare Liberum" by Hugo Grotius

Added by Leighton Library at 06:59 on 10 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1633 edition of "Mare Liberum" (one of the most important international legal doctrines regarding the seas and oceans, said to be the essence and backbone of the modern law of the sea) by Dutch philosopher, theologian, playwright, historiographer, poet, statesman and diplo...

Leighton Library has 1639 edition of "New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon

Added by Leighton Library at 08:30 on 09 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1639 edition of the utopian novel "New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St. Albans) who died #OnThisDay 9 April 1626. He was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist & author. "New Atlantis" depicts the creation of a utopian land w...

Leighton Library has 1597 edition of biography of Saint Francis Xavier

Added by Leighton Library at 07:25 on 07 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1597 edition of the biography (by Orazio Orsellino) of Spanish missionary and saint Francis Xavier, co-founder of the Society of Jesus, who was born #OnThisDay 7 April 1506. Many churches all over the world, often founded by Jesuits, have been named in honour of Xavier. He...

Leighton Library has 1735 edition of translation of "Oeuvres d'Horace" by André Dacier

Added by Leighton Library at 08:20 on 06 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1735 edition of one of the most important works of French classical scholar André Dacier who was born #OnThisDay 6 April 1651. This was his translation of the leading Roman lyric poet Horace "Oeuvres d'Horace"

Leighton Library has 1611 edition of "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John" by John Napier

Added by Leighton Library at 08:08 on 04 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1611 edition of "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John" by celebrated Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (best known as discoverer of logarithms, and after whom Edinburgh Napier University is named) John Napier who died #OnThisDay 4 April 16...