Leighton Library has a 1667 edition of "Index Librorum Prohibitorum"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:26 on 24 September 2024

📚⛔️ It's #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2024 this week. Banning of books is something which has happened throughout history! The Leighton Library has a 1667 edition of "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" ("index of prohibited books") which, only as recently as 1966 did the Vatican announce its abolitio...

Leighton Library has a 1698 First Edition of "A defence of dramatick poetry : being a review of Mr. Collier's View of the immorality and profaneness of the stage" by Edward Filmer, Thomas Rymer and Elkanah Settle

Added by Leighton Library at 08:20 on 23 September 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1698 First Edition of "A defence of dramatick poetry : being a review of Mr. Collier's View of the immorality and profaneness of the stage" by Edward Filmer, Thomas Rymer and Elkanah Settle, about the views of English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian Jeremy ...

Leighton Library has 1656 edition of "Magica de spectris et apparitionibus spiritũ, de vaticiniis, divinationibus" edited by Henning Grosse

Added by Leighton Library at 07:52 on 22 September 2024

#OnThisDay 22 September 1682 the last hanging for those convicted of witchcraft in Britain's North American colonies took place, in the Salem witch trials, with others all eventually released. The Leighton Library has books on witchcraft, including a 1656 edition of "Magica de spectris et apparition...

Leighton Library has 1810 first edition of the epic poem "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott

Added by Leighton Library at 07:45 on 21 September 2024

The Leighton Library has 1810 first edition of the epic poem "The Lady of the Lake" by Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet Sir Walter Scott who died #OnThisDay 1832. This helped make The Trossachs a top tourist destination. The library also has a 1830 edition of his "A description of ...

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...