One of the most interesting and attractive of the Library’s collection of illustrated books is a three-volume work entitled Amusement Microscopique by Martin Frobenius Ledermüller (1719-1769). The book appeared between 1764 and 1768, a...
We recently received the following from Simon Bullock, who had been having a look at our ‘Virtual Belle Vue’ website : “My father, John D J Bullock originally from Burnage...
or the most compendious, copious, facile and secret way of silent converse ever yet discovered Published in London in 1698, Digiti-Lingua is a milestone in the history of sign language....
‘In my youth, I spent my time investigating insects.’ Maria Sybilla Merian (1647 – 1717) died 300 years ago this month. This remarkable woman, who was born into a 17th...
It’s always a thrill to add a collection to the Library, whether this is an archive or a set of printed works. Individual items have their place but we...
You will do the greatest service to the state ‘If you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens; for it is better that...
For much of the early history of printing, books were distributed unbound by printers due to the high costs involved with book binding. This expense was often passed on to...
This afternoon’s blog post is the first of two that are a part of the work done by Nathan Shipstone, here with us this year as part of a highly...
We are delighted to announce that we have been named as one of the ten museums taking part in the Meeting Point 2 project run by Arts&Heritage and funded by...
We are thrilled to have acquired a collection of North West fiction that was put together by the scholar and bibliophile Eddie Cass. Cass collected books on many subjects –...
