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1. Yeo Ho Ho!

   We are very pleased to announce the recent publication of Matthew Yeo’s The Acquisition of Books by Chetham’s Library, 1655-1700, part of Brill’s Library of the Written Word series. It...

   3rd June 2011 • Read more

2. Oh brave new world!

   The Library has recently acquired a set of around two hundred 35mm slides taken by Prestwich resident Margaret Openshaw Newbold (1905-1998). These form part of a collection donated by Ian...

   30th May 2011 • Read more

3. A very Victorian mutilation

   Jacob Rueff (1500-1558) worked mainly as a surgeon in Zurich but also had responsibility for training midwives. His book De conceptu et generatione hominis (1554), written essentially as a manual...

   23rd May 2011 • Read more

4. Boo!

   Librarian Michael Powell was interviewed by journalist and blue badge guide Jonathan Schofield of the Creative Tourist website. The resulting audioBoo can be heard here.

   20th May 2011 • Read more

5. Joshua’s hens

   Writing notes and family trees in Bibles is a very common activity, but it is rare to come across examples of sketches and drawings, especially when they appear to have...

   18th May 2011 • Read more

6. Observations on volcanoes

   Head over to the 101 Treasures of Chetham’s series on our website for a closer look at this beautiful illustrated work showing Sir William Hamilton’s meticulous observations of the behaviour...

   11th May 2011 • Read more

7. The Manchester Man

   This week in our new series 101 Treasures of Chetham’s, we take a closer look at the original handwritten manuscript of The Manchester Man by Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks. Head...

   4th May 2011 • Read more

8. It’s all in the stars

   The Library’s copy of A Book of Knowledge in three parts… by Samuel Strangehopes was published in London in 1685. Parts the Second and Third are devoted to anatomy, disease...

   27th April 2011 • Read more

9. Sir Henry Knyvett’s ‘Defence of this Realm’

   This week our 101 Treasures series throws the spotlight on Sir Henry Knyvett’s proposals for the defence of the realm, written in 1596 for Queen Elizabeth I and bound in...

   20th April 2011 • Read more

10. 101 Treasures of Chetham’s

    This week on the website we begin a new series highlighting some of the jewels in the Library’s crown, which as well as rare books and manuscripts will include furniture,...

    6th April 2011 • Read more