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Looking for a birthday or wedding gift for the book lover in your life? Why not adopt a book in their name?
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27 June 2022
Our print of the month is Mr and Mrs Rowe's Entrance to the Valley of Rocks, Linton [sic]. This dramatic Exmoor for… https://t.co/KByQdqPuPa
21 June 2022
Bookplates, or 'ex libris', are small labels pasted into the front of books to indicate ownership. Often beautiful… https://t.co/B0a2m9cPqF
20 June 2022
"A beautiful day. We were alone."
It's #TinyTuesday! This little diary was kept between March and December, 1801. T… https://t.co/OPfTHgz6mV
14 June 2022
Vibrant illustrations from E.J Lowe's 'Beautiful leaved plants' published in 1864. https://t.co/T66GJwTLfx
13 June 2022
Did You Know?
The Library, by gift and purchase, has reached a size of some 40,000 volumes. These include long runs of nineteenth century journals, many early scientific books, the works of local authors, and a great deal of printed historical source material.