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1. Imperfect animals…*

   These fabulous engravings are taken from a wonderful volume of work about molluscs and worms which we came across last week when looking for something else.The genera vermium exemplified by...

   23rd January 2014 • Read more

2. Full of fascinating facts…

     We are very pleased to announce the addition of two new volumes to add to our collection of publications by the Daisy Bank Printing and Publishing Company of Manchester....

   22nd January 2014 • Read more

3. Who let the dogs out?

   We couldn’t resist sharing this early C20th photograph of a Cheshire gentleman and his furry friends… quite what they were up to is anyone’s guess, but they certainly seem raring...

   17th January 2014 • Read more

4. ‘At the hour of 8 and 22 minutes at night…’

   The use of a large family Bible to record the dates of births and deaths may not be especially unusual, but this Great Bible of 1553 goes one step further....

   16th January 2014 • Read more

5. Chetham’s Library awarded Esmeé Fairbairn grant!

   We are delighted to announce that the Library has been awarded a grant of £45,000 from the Esmeé Fairbairn Collections Fund, one of only six organisations to be successful in...

   15th January 2014 • Read more

6. A Merry Christmas to all our Readers!

     The Library closes today at noon for the annual staff party and re-opens on Thursday 2nd January, when we look forward to seeing you all again. Meanwhile we leave...

   20th December 2013 • Read more

7. Fashion forward

   So cool we might freeze over: here’s the results of our recent Hack Clothing fashion shoot, in which the Library played a starring role. We’re thinking of adopting some of...

   19th December 2013 • Read more

8. Several curious performances…

     Everybody loves a circus at Christmas, so here’s another poster from the Cambrics collection for you, this time from December 1787, featuring the nimble Mr Wilkinson in ‘several curious...

   18th December 2013 • Read more

9. ‘A truly original machine’

   This splendid broadside of 1819, published by William Cowdroy, advertises an exhibition in Manchester of a velocipede or swift walker, a forerunner of the bicycle. It was produced for the...

   18th December 2013 • Read more

10. Grains of gold

      These little Christmas books were a recent gift to the Library from bookseller John Worthy of the Rochdale Book Company. They belonged to the library of Victor Tomlinson (1908-1996),...

    12th December 2013 • Read more