Leighton Library has 1653 first edition of "Conjectura cabbalistica" by Henry More

Added by Leighton Library at 07:17 on 12 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1653 first edition of "Conjectura cabbalistica" by English philosopher and prolific writer of verse and prose Henry More who was born #OnThisDay 12 October 1614. This book's sub-title is "A Conjectural Essay of Interpreting the Minde of Moses, according to a Threefold Cabb...

Leighton Library has 1748 edition of unfinished refutation of Lucretius, by Melchior Cardinal de Polignac

Added by Leighton Library at 07:14 on 11 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1748 edition of the unfinished refutation of Lucretius, by French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet Melchior Cardinal de Polignac who was born #OnThisDay 11 October 1661. The book was published after his death. He was several times President of the Académie royale des ...

Leighton Library has 1702 first edition of "Astronomiae physicae & geometricae elementa" by David Gregory

Added by Leighton Library at 07:09 on 10 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1702 first edition of "Astronomiae physicae & geometricae elementa" (which was first textbook on gravitational principals and astronomy) by Scottish mathematician and astronomer David Gregory who died #OnThisDay 10 October 1708. He was professor of mathematics at the Unive...