Leighton Library has a 1764 first edition of "Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia" by Robert Adam

Added by Leighton Library at 06:34 on 03 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1764 first edition of "Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia" by celebrated Scottish architect, furniture and interior designer, Robert Adam, who was born #OnThisDay 3 July 1728. Regarded as one of Europe's great architects he was inspired b...

Leighton Library has a 1640 first edition of "An humble remonstrance to the high court of parliament" by Joseph Hall

Added by Leighton Library at 06:57 on 01 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1640 first edition of "An humble remonstrance to the high court of parliament" by English bishop, satirist, moralist and high-profile controversialist of the early 1640s, Joseph Hall, born #OnThisDay 1 July 1574. This was part of a larger debate which helped precipitate th...

Leighton Library has a 1603 edition of “De arcanis catholicae veritatis”

Added by Leighton Library at 06:46 on 30 June 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1603 edition of “De arcanis catholicae veritatis” which is a dialogue between Johann Reuchlin (German humanist and Hebrew scholar who died #OnThisDay 30 June 1522), the Dominican inquisitor Jacobus van Hoogstraten, and Pietro Galatino in defence of Reuchlin in the controve...