Leighton Library has 1701 edition of "The pirat's doom : or, Captain Kidd's fatall farewell“

Added by Leighton Library at 08:07 on 23 May 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1701 edition (the only one thought to still be in existence) of "The pirat's doom : or, Captain Kidd's fatall farewell ; being executed at Execution Dock, for murder, piracy and robbery, on Friday the 23d of May, 1701" - a ballad about renowned Scottish pirate William Kidd...

Leighton Library has 1628 edition of "De miraculis occultis naturae” by Lemnius

Added by Leighton Library at 06:12 on 20 May 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1628 edition of "De miraculis occultis naturae libri IIII" (The secret miracles of nature) by Dutch physician and author Levinus Lemnius who was born #OnThisDay 20 May 1505. This was on the subjects of Medicine, Occultism, Philosophy and religion

Leighton Library has 1663 First Edition of "Discours politiques des rois" by Georges de Scudéry

Added by Leighton Library at 07:19 on 14 May 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1663 First Edition of "Discours politiques des rois" (Political Discourse of Kings) by French novelist, dramatist and poet Georges de Scudéry who died #OnThisDay 14 May 1667. This is a collection of twenty speeches (as created from the imagination of the author) by histori...

Leighton Library has 1680 edition of the controversial "Histoire critique du Vieux Testament" by Richard Simon

Added by Leighton Library at 05:37 on 13 May 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1680 edition of the controversial "Histoire critique du Vieux Testament" by French priest, influential biblical critic and orientalist Richard Simon who was born #OnThisDay 13 May 1638. In this book Richard Simon denied that Moses was the author of the Pentateuch and showe...

Leighton Library has 1615 first edition of "De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas" by Matteo Ricci

Added by Leighton Library at 06:51 on 11 May 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1615 first edition of "De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas" (On the Christian Mission among the Chinese) by Italian priest and mathematician Matteo Ricci who died #OnThisDay 11 May 1610. He argued that Confucianism and Christianity are remarkably similar. His journals con...