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Exeter, UK
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This is now an archived account as we have moved elsewhere for our next chapter… do you like blue? 🩵 #BlueMonday
January’s Book of the Month blog is a #backtoschool special! Our library volunteer Edward Maunder has looked into the amazing story of Devon-born George Parker Bidder, ‘the celebrated mental calculator’, and his incredible powers of mental arithmetic.
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It is the night of the DEI members’ #Christmas party, and we are feeling festive! In honour of the occasion, here is ‘Father Christmas - Up-To-Date’, courtesy of Punch, 1896. Now very much out of date of course…
#library #specialcollections #specialcollectionslibrary
Not to be beaten by the storm, our second-hand book sale will now take place tomorrow, Tuesday 10th December, from 11am to 3pm.
Grab a bargain and warm up in our beautiful Georgian library, nestled in the middle of Exeter.
Tomorrow! Join us for our second-hand book sale, taking place in our beautiful Georgian library in the middle of Exeter.
Entrance is via Chapel Street.
#secondhandchristmas #booksale #georgianlibrary #exeter
🎄It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the libraries. We’re open until 18th December, so do visit to see our Christmas book display or take a free tour on a Wednesday afternoon.
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It’s #WorldSoilDay! In the mid nineteenth-century fertilisers were in high demand, and Britain imported masses of guano from the remote Chincha Islands. Its beneficial effects on #soil are outlined in Nesbit’s ‘Peruvian Guano’ (1856), part of our eclectic collection of Tracts.
Join us this Saturday for our second-hand book sale, taking place in our beautiful Georgian library. Perfect for those doing a second-hand Christmas, or if you just need somewhere to warm up in the middle of town! 🎄
Entrance is via Chapel street.
A new festive book display! Visit our Outer Library to see ‘Tales and tomes of a Georgian Christmas’ (don’t worry, the candles aren’t real).
On display until 18th December. Open to all 🎄
#georgianlibrary #georgianchristmas #specialcollections #rarebooks #exeter
For those feeling wintery after last week’s #snow, here are some beautiful plates from Fridtjof Nansen’s ‘Farthest North’ (1897) to feed the mood. Though Nansen’s #Arctic expedition failed to reach the Pole, he achieved a record farthest north latitude.
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Join us next week for our Librarian’s Tour, for a look at some of our special collections. No white gloves needed!
Tuesday 19 November, 11am.
No need to book, just turn up. Free and open to everyone.
ALT Librarian giving a tour in a historic library