Leighton Library has 1678 edition of "De la recherche de la verite" by Nicolas Malebranche

Added by Leighton Library at 07:33 on 06 August 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1678 edition of "De la recherche de la verite" (The search for the truth) by French priest and rationalist philosopher Nicolas Malebranche who was born #OnThisDay 6 August 1638. This deals with the Nature of the Spirit of Man, and what he must do to avoid the error in the ...

Leighton Library has 1600 edition of "M. Manili Astronomicon a Iosepho Scaligero ex vetusto codice gemblacensi infinitis mendis repurgatum" by Joseph Scaliger

Added by Leighton Library at 07:32 on 05 August 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1600 edition of "M. Manili Astronomicon a Iosepho Scaligero ex vetusto codice gemblacensi infinitis mendis repurgatum" by French-born Dutch philologist and historian Joseph Scaliger who was born #OnThisDay 5 August 1540. This was then the most scholarly edition of the view...

Leighton Library has 1612 first edition of "A letter to a friende" by Hugh Broughton

Added by Leighton Library at 07:13 on 04 August 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1612 first edition of "A letter to a friende" by English scholar and theologian Hugh Broughton who died from consumption (tuberculosis) #OnThisDay 4 August 1612This was a theological tract which reflected a deep engagement with biblical chronology and prophecy. It had a fo...