Leighton Library has 1649 3-volume 2nd edition of "Las obras de la S. madre Teresa de Jesus" autobiography of Saint Teresa of Jesus

Added by Leighton Library at 06:48 on 04 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1649 3-volume 2nd edition of "Las obras de la S. madre Teresa de Jesus" the autobiography of Saint Teresa of Jesus, who died #OnThisDay 4 October 1582. She was a Spanish Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. In her autobiography, written betwee...

Leighton Library has a 1736 edition of "Theologiae vere christianae apologia - An apology for the true Christian divinity" by Robert Barclay

Added by Leighton Library at 07:46 on 03 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1736 edition of "Theologiae vere christianae apologia - An apology for the true Christian divinity" (written in both Latin and English) by Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey colony in North America, Robert Barclay who died #OnThisDay 3 October ...

Leighton Library has a 1768 fifth edition, corrected, of “Dialogues of the dead” by George Lyttelton and Elizabeth Robinson Montagu

Added by Leighton Library at 09:02 on 02 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1768 fifth edition, corrected, of “Dialogues of the dead” by George Lyttelton and Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, born #OnThisDay 2 October 1718. Dialogues of the Dead was a series of critiques of 18th-century society. The final three dialogues are by Elizabeth Robinson Montag...