Leighton Library has a 1615 first edition of "De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas" by Matteo Ricci

Added by Leighton Library at 07:43 on 06 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1615 first edition of "De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas" (On the Christian Mission among the Chinese) by Italian priest and mathematician Matteo Ricci, born #OnThisDay 6 October 1552. He argued that Confucianism and Christianity are remarkably similar. His journals con...

Leighton Library has 1810 first edition of Sir Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake"

Added by Leighton Library at 08:39 on 05 October 2024

It's #NationalStorytellingDay on 5 October 2024 #StorytellingDay today. The Leighton Library has a 1810 first edition of celebrated Scottish storyteller Sir Walter Scott's epic narrative poem "The Lady of the Lake" (which helped make The Trossachs a top tourist destination). Hear Leighton Library Vo...

Leighton Library has 1649 3-volume 2nd edition of "Las obras de la S. madre Teresa de Jesus" autobiography of Saint Teresa of Jesus

Added by Leighton Library at 06:48 on 04 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1649 3-volume 2nd edition of "Las obras de la S. madre Teresa de Jesus" the autobiography of Saint Teresa of Jesus, who died #OnThisDay 4 October 1582. She was a Spanish Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. In her autobiography, written betwee...