Christmas closing times
The Library will be closed to readers and visitors from noon on Wednesday 21 December until 9 a.m. on Tuesday 3 January 2011. We would like to wish all our...
Read moreThe Library will be closed to readers and visitors from noon on Wednesday 21 December until 9 a.m. on Tuesday 3 January 2011. We would like to wish all our...
Read moreFind out more about the history of this much-loved Christmas carol, written by the Manchester poet John Byrom, on our 101 Treasures page this week.
Read moreHave a look at our 101 Treasures page this week to find out why a library of books intended for the Parish Church of St James in Gorton has found...
Read moreJohn Rocque’s exquisite 1746 map of London is quite simply a national treasure. Chetham’s Library copy has obviously seen plenty of use but remains a thing of enormous beauty which...
Read moreIn Friday’s post we looked at Edward Carpenter’s political tract England’s Ideal, part of a bound collection of thirty miscellaneous pamphlets we recently acquired from Modern First Editions of Ilkley....
Read moreYou might rightly assume that a library with a list of past users including Karl Marx, Daniel Defoe and John Wesley would not be short on works of penetrating social...
Read moreThere’s a real treat for lovers of all things medieval over on the 101 Treasures pages this week. This beautiful paper volvelle forms part of Astrologica, a work of astrology...
Read moreThe Manchester Evening News have run a piece today on our recent digitisation of Richard Hollingworth’s Mancuniensis, the earliest history of the city: have a look at the article here.
Read moreThis alluring threesome may be found on the pages of Theodor de Bry’s Emblemata nobilitati et vulgo scitu digna which is showcased this week on our 101 Treasures page. The...
Read moreThose of you who enjoyed meeting Philip the Monster may be interested to make the acquaintance of this magnificent creature known as Avis Philippensis – or Philip’s bird. She makes...
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