Leighton Library has 1619 edition of "Exercitia spiritualia" by Ignatius of Loyola

Added by Leighton Library at 11:54 on 31 July 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1619 edition of "Exercitia spiritualia" by the Spanish theologian who co-founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Ignatius of Loyola who died #OnThisDay 1556. This book comprises spiritual exercises - meditations, prayers and mental exercises in four themes designed to be ca...

Leighton Library has 1615 edition of "Vitae romanorum pontificum" by Robert Barnes

Added by Leighton Library at 06:58 on 30 July 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1615 edition of "Vitae romanorum pontificum" - the last work of English reformer & martyr Robert Barnes who was executed #OnThisDay 30 July 1540. This is a compilation of, and commentary on, various acts from the reigns of past Popes. It is a reformer’s final rebuke - a ch...

Leighton Library has a 1656 first edition of "Poems: I. Miscellanies. II. The mistress, or, Love verses. III. Pindarique odes. And IV. Davideis" by Abraham Cowley

Added by Leighton Library at 07:00 on 28 July 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1656 first edition of poems by one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, Abraham Cowley, who died #OnThisDay 28 July 1667. The Leighton Library has "Poems: I. Miscellanies. II. The mistress, or, Love verses. III. Pindarique odes. And IV. Davideis". Miscellanies...