Leighton Library has 1697 second edition with additions of "The snake in the grass" by Charles Leslie

Added by Leighton Library at 07:16 on 13 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1697 second edition with additions of "The snake in the grass" by Irish priest & leading Jacobite propagandist after the 1688 Glorious Revolution, Charles Leslie, who died #OnThisDay 13 April 1722. This was the first of his seven anti-Quaker propaganda works, claiming that...

Leighton Library has 1568 edition of "Sofokleous 'Ai 'epta tragojdiai. Sophoclis Tragoediae septem", translation into Latin by Joachim Camerarius, the Elder

Added by Leighton Library at 08:25 on 12 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1568 edition of "Sofokleous 'Ai 'epta tragojdiai. Sophoclis Tragoediae septem", a translation into Latin by German classical scholar Joachim Camerarius, the Elder (born #OnThisDay 12 April 1500), of the Seven Tragedies, plays by ancient Greek writer Sophocles

Leighton Library has 1689 First Edition of “The declaration of the Estates of the kingdom of Scotland, containing the claim of right, and the offer of the Crown to Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary”

Added by Leighton Library at 07:06 on 11 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1689 First Edition of “The declaration of the Estates of the kingdom of Scotland, containing the claim of right, and the offer of the Crown to Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary” (who were crowned #OnThisDay 11 April 1689). This document came about as a consequenc...

Leighton Library has 1633 edition of "Mare Liberum" by Hugo Grotius

Added by Leighton Library at 06:59 on 10 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1633 edition of "Mare Liberum" (one of the most important international legal doctrines regarding the seas and oceans, said to be the essence and backbone of the modern law of the sea) by Dutch philosopher, theologian, playwright, historiographer, poet, statesman and diplo...

Leighton Library has 1639 edition of "New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon

Added by Leighton Library at 08:30 on 09 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1639 edition of the utopian novel "New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St. Albans) who died #OnThisDay 9 April 1626. He was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist & author. "New Atlantis" depicts the creation of a utopian land w...