Leighton Library has 1659 edition of "Sinicae historiae decas prima" by Martino Martini

Added by Leighton Library at 06:09 on 20 September 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1659 edition of "Sinicae historiae decas prima" by Italian missionary, cartographer and historian (mainly working on ancient Imperial China), Martino Martini who was born #OnThisDay 20 September 1614. He planned this to be the first of a series of chronological works cover...

Leighton Library has 2nd edition of 1755/6 of "A Dictionary of the English Language" by Dr Samuel Johnson

Added by Leighton Library at 06:47 on 18 September 2024

The Leighton Library has 2nd edition of 1755/6 of "A Dictionary of the English Language" by Dr Samuel Johnson, who was born #OnThisDay 18 September 1709. It contained explanations & meanings for 40,000 different words and had taken him almost 9 years to compile. It is viewed as among the most influe...

Leighton Library has a 1777 edition of "Letters on the study and use of history" by Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Added by Leighton Library at 12:09 on 16 September 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1777 edition of "Letters on the study and use of history" by Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, who was born #OnThisDay 16 September 1678. He wrote this book while residing principally at the château of Argeville near Fontainebleau in France (printed privately before...