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1. Celebrating London 2012

    Holburn Circus Chetham’s is rightly known for its rich collection of material relating to Manchester and the North West, but it’s worth remembering that we also have large holdings of...

   22nd August 2012 • Read more

2. Closed on Bank Holiday Monday!

   Please note the Library will be closed this Bank Holiday Monday, but will re-open as usual on Tuesday 28th August. We look forward to seeing you then!

   22nd August 2012 • Read more

3. A sixteenth-century Venetian treasure

   This week it’s number sixty-one in our 101 Treasures series and the featured item is Bomberg’s Biblia Rabbinica, published in 1524-5 and used by the translators of the King James...

   17th August 2012 • Read more

4. Our father who art in hvn

   This tiny book is the smallest in the Library’s collection and forms part of our extensive shorthand collection. In it, the words of the Lord’s Prayer have been reproduced in...

   10th August 2012 • Read more

5. For general good conduct

     We were delighted to welcome Susan Smith of Marple to the Library today, who brought in this beautiful Boutflower Watch. The watch was awarded to her father, Frank Bradley,...

   8th August 2012 • Read more

6. Edward Hobson: obviously no rolling stone…

   This week’s treasure is the work of Manchester-born Edward Hobson, a grocer’s assistant from Bowdon in Cheshire. His Musci Britannici lists and describes mosses found by him in the Manchester...

   3rd August 2012 • Read more

7. The Three Bears

     The story of the Three Bears is first recorded in narrative form by the author Robert Southey (1774-1843). The story appears in The Doctor, a rambling collection of miscellaneous...

   30th July 2012 • Read more

8. Not just an impressive projection…

     As well as revolutionising how everybody looked at the world, Geradus Mercator also produced a lavish Atlas with beautifully illustrated maps… find out more on this week’s 101 Treasures...

   27th July 2012 • Read more

9. Urning their keep

   These decorative urns are taken from James Gibb’s 1728 Book of Architecture, in which he sets out designs and suggestions for country gentlemen wishing to erect a building of taste...

   20th July 2012 • Read more

10. Happy Birthday to St Ann’s

      Today marks the 300th birthday of St Ann’s Church in Manchester, which was consecrated on July 17th 1712 by the Bishop of Chester. Here at the Library we are...

    17th July 2012 • Read more