Leighton Library has a 1588 edition of "Obras del padre maestro Iuan de Avila" by Juan de Ávila

Added by Leighton Library at 06:17 on 10 May 2024

Leighton Library has a 1588 edition of "Obras del padre maestro Iuan de Avila" - the works of Spanish priest, preacher, author, and religious mystic declared a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Catholic Church, Juan de Ávila, who died #OnThisDay 10 May 1569. During his nine years of missionary w...

Leighton Library has a 1550 edition of "Tutte le opere" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Added by Leighton Library at 07:55 on 03 May 2024

Leighton Library has a 1550 edition of "Tutte le opere" (All works) by Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer Niccolò Machiavelli who was born #OnThisDay 3 May 1469. The term "Machiavellian" refers to the traits Machiavelli described in his book "The Prince," cons...

Leighton Library has a 1632 edition of "Institutio graecae grammatices compendiaria : in usum regiae scholae Westmonasteriensis" by William Camden

Added by Leighton Library at 05:35 on 02 May 2024

Leighton Library has a 1632 edition of "Institutio graecae grammatices compendiaria : in usum regiae scholae Westmonasteriensis" by English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald William Camden who was born #OnThisDay 2 May 1551. This is a Greek grammar which remained a standard school text...

Leighton Library has a 1785 edition of "The spectator. In eight volumes"

Added by Leighton Library at 05:17 on 01 May 2024

Leighton Library has a 1785 edition of "The spectator. In eight volumes" by English essayist, poet, playwright and politician Joseph Addison born #OnThisDay 1 May 1672 and Sir Richard Steele. Together they founded the daily publication The Spectator magazine in 1711. Addison also wrote the popular c...

Leighton Library has a 1731 first edition of the English translation by Samuel Chandler of "Historia Inquisitionis"

Added by Leighton Library at 06:25 on 30 April 2024

Leighton Library has a 1731 first edition of the English translation by Samuel Chandler of "Historia Inquisitionis" ("The history of the Inquisition") by Dutch theologian and author Philipp van Limborch who died #OnThisDay 30 April 1712. This is still considered important nowadays for its meticulous...