Leighton Library has 1769 edition of “Miscellaneous works in verse and prose, of the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, esq” by Joseph Addison

Added by Leighton Library at 05:49 on 17 June 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1769 edition of “Miscellaneous works in verse and prose, of the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, esq” by English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician Joseph Addison, who died #OnThisDay 17 June 1719. He was a contributor to the Tatler magazine, co-founded The Sp...

Leighton Library has first Latin translation of 1548 of “D. Ioannis Thauleri praeclarissimi viri Tam de tempore quam de sanctis conciones plane pijssimae, caeteraque opera omĩa” by Johannes Tauler

Added by Leighton Library at 06:29 on 16 June 2025

The Leighton Library has a first Latin translation of 1548 of “D. Ioannis Thauleri praeclarissimi viri Tam de tempore quam de sanctis conciones plane pijssimae, caeteraque opera omĩa” - the sermons of German mystic & Catholic priest Johannes Tauler who died #OnThisDay 16 June 1361. Tauler was famou...

Leighton Library has 1711 edition of "Apparatus Biblicus" by Bernard Lamy

Added by Leighton Library at 06:15 on 15 June 2025

#OnThisDay 15 June 1640 French Oratorian, mathematician and theologian Bernard Lamy was born. The Leighton Library has a 1711 edition of his "Apparatus Biblicus" in which he calls into question the historical character of the book of Tobias and book of Judith