Leighton Library has 1603 edition of “De arcanis catholicae veritatis”

Added by Leighton Library at 07:19 on 30 June 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1603 edition of “De arcanis catholicae veritatis” which is a dialogue between Johann Reuchlin (German humanist and Hebrew scholar who died #OnThisDay 30 June 1522), the Dominican inquisitor Jacobus van Hoogstraten, and Pietro Galatino in defence of Reuchlin in the controve...

Leighton Library has 1632 edition of "Blanquerna" by Ramon Llull

Added by Leighton Library at 06:23 on 29 June 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1632 edition of the novel "Blanquerna", the first major work of literature written in Catalan, which is by mathematician, polymath, philosopher, logician & writer from the Kingdom of Majorca, Ramon Llull, who died #OnThisDay 29 June 1315. He is also considered a pioneer of...

Leighton Library has 1762 first edition of "Émile, or On Education" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Added by Leighton Library at 07:58 on 28 June 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1762 first edition of the novel by highly influential political and educational philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (born #OnThisDay 28 June 1712) "Émile, or On Education" (a treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship, which was banned in Paris and Geneva ...