Blog

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   The Blavatnik Honresfield Library

   We recently received a donation of books and archival material from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library through the kindness of the Friends of the National Libraries. The FNL successfully raised £15 million...

   14th October 2022 • Read more

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   The Medals Of The Sun King

   Inspired by the recent anniversary of the death of Louis XIV, we investigated our two editions of  the Médailles sur les principaux événements du règne de Louis le Grand, avec...

   5th September 2022 • Read more

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   Who’s got the better Flea?

   Out for photography this week was the Micrographia Nova of Johann Franz Griendel von Ach (1631-1687), a small quarto response to the ground-breaking Micrographia by Robert Hooke (1635-1703), one of...

   12th August 2022 • Read more

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   The Kingdom and People of Siam

   On the desk today is a lovely three volume set of The Kingdom and People of Siam (1857), with a foreword by King Mongkut. These books were composed by Sir John Bowring,...

   25th July 2022 • Read more

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   Instruction With Delight

   As well as a vast collection of rare and academic works the library is home to a small collection of children’s stories and fairytales. In a change of pace for...

   18th July 2022 • Read more

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   Eleazar Albin

   Recently we had an enquiry about a book that used to be part of our collection; A Natural History of Birds (1731–38) by Eleazar Albin. The work features over 300...

   11th July 2022 • Read more

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   Reading in the Library: Swati Joshi

   We thought we would share with you the experience of one of our researchers Swati Joshi who visited the library as both a reader and tourist, Swati is a PhD...

   21st June 2022 • Read more

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   Robert Bolton

   Today (25 May) is the anniversary of the birth of Robert Bolton, a man of whom we are often reminded by the presence in Chetham’s Audit Room of a small...

   25th May 2022 • Read more

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   Lasers and Tudor Woodwork

   In honour of Dr. Peter Linfield’s upcoming walking tour of Tudor Manchester and the Earls of Derby, we thought we would promote some of his recent field research. Join Peter this...

   17th May 2022 • Read more

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    Nicholas Culpeper

    As our most recent theme for our display and guided tours is based on herbs and remedies, we thought we would focus this blog on the same topic. One of...

    9th May 2022 • Read more