Leighton Library has a 1736 edition of "Theologiae vere christianae apologia - An apology for the true Christian divinity" by Robert Barclay

Added by Leighton Library at 07:46 on 03 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1736 edition of "Theologiae vere christianae apologia - An apology for the true Christian divinity" (written in both Latin and English) by Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey colony in North America, Robert Barclay who died #OnThisDay 3 October ...

Leighton Library has a 1768 fifth edition, corrected, of “Dialogues of the dead” by George Lyttelton and Elizabeth Robinson Montagu

Added by Leighton Library at 09:02 on 02 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1768 fifth edition, corrected, of “Dialogues of the dead” by George Lyttelton and Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, born #OnThisDay 2 October 1718. Dialogues of the Dead was a series of critiques of 18th-century society. The final three dialogues are by Elizabeth Robinson Montag...

Leighton Library has 1602 first edition of Agostino Valier’s “Vita B. Caroli Borromei“ about Italian cardinal and saint Charles Borromeo

Added by Leighton Library at 08:18 on 02 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1602 first edition of Agostino Valier’s “Vita B. Caroli Borromei card. S. Praxedis, et archiepiscopi Mediolani. Item opuscula duo, Episcopus, & Cardinalis” about Italian cardinal and saint Charles Borromeo, born #OnThisDay 2 October 1538. Charles Borromeo was a leading fig...

Leighton Library has 1671 edition of "The creed of Mr. Hobbes examined; in a feigned conference between him and a student in divinity" by Thomas Tenison

Added by Leighton Library at 06:22 on 29 September 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1671 edition of "The creed of Mr. Hobbes examined; in a feigned conference between him and a student in divinity" by English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Tenison who was born #OnThisDay 29 September 1636. This argues against the views of Thomas Hobbes (on...

Leighton Library has 1641 edition of 96 sermons of Lancelot Andrewes

Added by Leighton Library at 06:42 on 25 September 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1641 edition of 96 sermons of English bishop and scholar Lancelot Andrewes who died #OnThisDay 25 September 1626. He had held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, including serving as Bishop of Chichester, of Ely, and of Win...