The Edward Worth Library, Dublin
@edwardworthlib.bsky.social
The Edward Worth Library is an early eighteenth-century collection. We are based in Dr Steeven’s Hospital, Dublin 8.
Registered Charity: RCN 20066093
www.edwardworthlibrary.ie
Registered Charity: RCN 20066093
www.edwardworthlibrary.ie
Cera Linnell explores the career of Hernán Cortés in México in our November Book of the Month: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
#Mexico
#Mexico
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Cera Linnell explores the career of Hernán Cortés in México in our November Book of the Month: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
#Mexico
#Mexico
Completing a very successful joint-conference with the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance, on the topic: ‘Medical Education in Europe, 1350-1750‘!
October 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Completing a very successful joint-conference with the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance, on the topic: ‘Medical Education in Europe, 1350-1750‘!
If you missed the segment on #MooneyGoesWild on our newest exhibition 'Birds at the Edward Worth Library' please see the link below. Thanks to all involved!
Birds at the Edward Worth Library www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... The #MooneyGoesWild team have a feature this week on the new online exhibition at the Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social showcasing this fantastic collection! edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-... #NatureArchives
Birds at the Edward Worth Library
The Edward Worth Library is a rare books collection, bequeathed to Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, by Dr Edward Worth. It recently launched a web exhibition 'Birds at the Edward Worth Library' and Éann...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
If you missed the segment on #MooneyGoesWild on our newest exhibition 'Birds at the Edward Worth Library' please see the link below. Thanks to all involved!
Looking forward to hearing Professor Pierce Grace (University of Limerick): on the topic ‘Medicine in medieval Ireland, 1200-1650’ this afternoon. Professor Grace is giving the Davis Coakley Memorial Lecture in Medical History and the lecture is booked out.
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Looking forward to hearing Professor Pierce Grace (University of Limerick): on the topic ‘Medicine in medieval Ireland, 1200-1650’ this afternoon. Professor Grace is giving the Davis Coakley Memorial Lecture in Medical History and the lecture is booked out.
birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie is launched! Thanks to Dr Dominique Crowley (artist), Ms John McGarry and Ms Maria McGarry (Webworks), Mr Paolo Viscardi (Keeper of Natural History at NMI); Dr Elizabethanne Boran (Librarian), Mr Derek O’Reilly (member, BirdWatch Ireland), and Dr Éanna Ní Lamhna.
October 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie is launched! Thanks to Dr Dominique Crowley (artist), Ms John McGarry and Ms Maria McGarry (Webworks), Mr Paolo Viscardi (Keeper of Natural History at NMI); Dr Elizabethanne Boran (Librarian), Mr Derek O’Reilly (member, BirdWatch Ireland), and Dr Éanna Ní Lamhna.
We're really looking forward to hearing more about Grizelda Steevens today when Dr Priscilla Sonnier (University College Dublin) presents on ‘“Of Her Charity”: The Visual and Material Legacy of Grizelda Steevens’. This is the Griselda Steevens’ Memorial Lecture. This lecture is booked out!
September 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We're really looking forward to hearing more about Grizelda Steevens today when Dr Priscilla Sonnier (University College Dublin) presents on ‘“Of Her Charity”: The Visual and Material Legacy of Grizelda Steevens’. This is the Griselda Steevens’ Memorial Lecture. This lecture is booked out!
Edward Worth Library is delighted to announce that our newest online exhibition, which is on early modern books about birds, is now available:
birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie
Enjoy and please share! @rspb.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie
Enjoy and please share! @rspb.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Edward Worth Library is delighted to announce that our newest online exhibition, which is on early modern books about birds, is now available:
birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie
Enjoy and please share! @rspb.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie
Enjoy and please share! @rspb.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
We're holding an Open Day today to celebrate Mr William Gawtry’s exhibition on ‘Hannibal and the Second Punic War’. We're open from 11.00am-1.00pm and 2.00pm-4.00pm.
We're also launching William's Book of the Month blogpost: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
#ancienthistory #classics #history
We're also launching William's Book of the Month blogpost: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
#ancienthistory #classics #history
July 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We're holding an Open Day today to celebrate Mr William Gawtry’s exhibition on ‘Hannibal and the Second Punic War’. We're open from 11.00am-1.00pm and 2.00pm-4.00pm.
We're also launching William's Book of the Month blogpost: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
#ancienthistory #classics #history
We're also launching William's Book of the Month blogpost: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
#ancienthistory #classics #history
You may know Virgil and Homer’s epics
But what about Camões of Lisbon?
One thousand two stanzas, each artistic
Form The Lusiad, to be topped by none.
But what about Camões of Lisbon?
One thousand two stanzas, each artistic
Form The Lusiad, to be topped by none.
July 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
You may know Virgil and Homer’s epics
But what about Camões of Lisbon?
One thousand two stanzas, each artistic
Form The Lusiad, to be topped by none.
But what about Camões of Lisbon?
One thousand two stanzas, each artistic
Form The Lusiad, to be topped by none.
Today marks the anniversary of the death of the famous English mathematician, Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), whose Artis analyticae praxis (London, 1631) was collected by Worth. To find out more see mathematics.edwardworthlibrary.ie/notation/har...
July 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Today marks the anniversary of the death of the famous English mathematician, Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), whose Artis analyticae praxis (London, 1631) was collected by Worth. To find out more see mathematics.edwardworthlibrary.ie/notation/har...
Sir William Petty (1623-87) held strong views about taxation in early modern Ireland! Find out more at Ms Maeve Killion's exhibition on his books in @edwardworthlib:
edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...
edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...
June 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Sir William Petty (1623-87) held strong views about taxation in early modern Ireland! Find out more at Ms Maeve Killion's exhibition on his books in @edwardworthlib:
edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...
edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...
Join the voyage of Vasco da Gama in June's Book of the Month, delving into The Lusiad. Composed originally in Portuguese by Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas stands against the test of time to still be considered the national poem of Portugal over 450 years later.
edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
June 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Join the voyage of Vasco da Gama in June's Book of the Month, delving into The Lusiad. Composed originally in Portuguese by Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas stands against the test of time to still be considered the national poem of Portugal over 450 years later.
edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
Today is the feast day of #Colum Cille (#Columba) (c. 521–597), founder of the monastery of #Iona. Find out more about him at edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...
June 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Today is the feast day of #Colum Cille (#Columba) (c. 521–597), founder of the monastery of #Iona. Find out more about him at edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...
We were honoured to welcome Ms Helen Stokes and the participants of the 2025 HOPE Exchange Programme to the Edward Worth Library this morning!
May 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We were honoured to welcome Ms Helen Stokes and the participants of the 2025 HOPE Exchange Programme to the Edward Worth Library this morning!
We're giving tours of the Library's latest exhibition today at 11.00am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm and booking details are here: www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/tou...
Please repost @culturedated8.bsky.social @visitdublin.bsky.social @littlemuseumdub.bsky.social
Please repost @culturedated8.bsky.social @visitdublin.bsky.social @littlemuseumdub.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We're giving tours of the Library's latest exhibition today at 11.00am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm and booking details are here: www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/tou...
Please repost @culturedated8.bsky.social @visitdublin.bsky.social @littlemuseumdub.bsky.social
Please repost @culturedated8.bsky.social @visitdublin.bsky.social @littlemuseumdub.bsky.social
We're celebrating the beginning of 2025 Culture Date with Dublin 8!
Our lecture today is booked out but we have a few places left on our tours on Thursday 8 May and Friday 9 May. Come see our beautiful Library!
Booking details are here: www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/tou...
Our lecture today is booked out but we have a few places left on our tours on Thursday 8 May and Friday 9 May. Come see our beautiful Library!
Booking details are here: www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/tou...
Tours of the Edward Worth Library | Culture Date with Dublin 8 – Culture, History and Heritage in Dublin 8
Come visit the beautiful Edward Worth Library, a treasure trove in the heart of Dublin 8!
Our tours will introduce you to Dr Edward Worth and his beautiful early eighteenth-century...
www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie
May 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
We're celebrating the beginning of 2025 Culture Date with Dublin 8!
Our lecture today is booked out but we have a few places left on our tours on Thursday 8 May and Friday 9 May. Come see our beautiful Library!
Booking details are here: www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/tou...
Our lecture today is booked out but we have a few places left on our tours on Thursday 8 May and Friday 9 May. Come see our beautiful Library!
Booking details are here: www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/tou...
It's May Day and the Worth Library is having an Open Day to launch Ms Maeve Killion's exhibition on the works of Sir William Petty in the Worth Library. Our May Book of the Month is his Political Arithmetick - read all about his interesting views on taxation: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
May 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It's May Day and the Worth Library is having an Open Day to launch Ms Maeve Killion's exhibition on the works of Sir William Petty in the Worth Library. Our May Book of the Month is his Political Arithmetick - read all about his interesting views on taxation: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
Looking forward to our Open Day tomorrow! To mark Ms Maeve Killion's small exhibition on 'Sir William Petty at the Edward Worth Library' there will be an Open Day at the Edward Worth Library on 1 May 2025: 10.30am-12.30pm; 2.00pm-4.00pm.
@dublincityheritage.bsky.social @failte-ireland.bsky.social
@dublincityheritage.bsky.social @failte-ireland.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Looking forward to our Open Day tomorrow! To mark Ms Maeve Killion's small exhibition on 'Sir William Petty at the Edward Worth Library' there will be an Open Day at the Edward Worth Library on 1 May 2025: 10.30am-12.30pm; 2.00pm-4.00pm.
@dublincityheritage.bsky.social @failte-ireland.bsky.social
@dublincityheritage.bsky.social @failte-ireland.bsky.social
To mark Ms Maeve Killion's small exhibition on 'Sir William Petty at the Edward Worth Library' there will be an Open Day at the Edward Worth Library on 1 May 2025:
10.30am-12.30pm; 2.00pm-4.00pm.
Please repost!
10.30am-12.30pm; 2.00pm-4.00pm.
Please repost!
April 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
To mark Ms Maeve Killion's small exhibition on 'Sir William Petty at the Edward Worth Library' there will be an Open Day at the Edward Worth Library on 1 May 2025:
10.30am-12.30pm; 2.00pm-4.00pm.
Please repost!
10.30am-12.30pm; 2.00pm-4.00pm.
Please repost!
For those of you in Ireland, please take part in this Built and Archaeological Heritage & Climate Survey!
April 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
For those of you in Ireland, please take part in this Built and Archaeological Heritage & Climate Survey!
Today marks #WorldHeatlthDay so why not find out more about early modern medical treatments?
Spas such as Bourbon l’Archambault rose to prominence in 17th century France: thepracticeofmedicine.edwardworthlibrary.ie/locations/sp...
#wellness
#earlymodernmedicine
#spas
#health
Spas such as Bourbon l’Archambault rose to prominence in 17th century France: thepracticeofmedicine.edwardworthlibrary.ie/locations/sp...
#wellness
#earlymodernmedicine
#spas
#health
April 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today marks #WorldHeatlthDay so why not find out more about early modern medical treatments?
Spas such as Bourbon l’Archambault rose to prominence in 17th century France: thepracticeofmedicine.edwardworthlibrary.ie/locations/sp...
#wellness
#earlymodernmedicine
#spas
#health
Spas such as Bourbon l’Archambault rose to prominence in 17th century France: thepracticeofmedicine.edwardworthlibrary.ie/locations/sp...
#wellness
#earlymodernmedicine
#spas
#health
Looking forward to hearing Dr Peter Murray Jones (University of Cambridge) give a lecture on 10 April on the topic: ‘Friars and Healing in Fifteenth-Century York’. This is the joint Trinity College Dublin–Worth Library lecture. For details see edwardworthlibrary.ie/news-and-eve...
April 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Looking forward to hearing Dr Peter Murray Jones (University of Cambridge) give a lecture on 10 April on the topic: ‘Friars and Healing in Fifteenth-Century York’. This is the joint Trinity College Dublin–Worth Library lecture. For details see edwardworthlibrary.ie/news-and-eve...
The renowned botanist Charles de l’Écluse (Carolus Clusius) died on this day in 1609. Find out more about his work on plants at botany.edwardworthlibrary.ie/herbals/seve...
April 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The renowned botanist Charles de l’Écluse (Carolus Clusius) died on this day in 1609. Find out more about his work on plants at botany.edwardworthlibrary.ie/herbals/seve...
'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'.
This beautiful image of aquilegia comes from Worth's copy of Adam Lonicer's Naturalis historiae opus novum (Frankfurt, 1551). Find out more at botany.edwardworthlibrary.ie/herbals/sixt...
#botany #beauty #plants #flowers
This beautiful image of aquilegia comes from Worth's copy of Adam Lonicer's Naturalis historiae opus novum (Frankfurt, 1551). Find out more at botany.edwardworthlibrary.ie/herbals/sixt...
#botany #beauty #plants #flowers
April 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'.
This beautiful image of aquilegia comes from Worth's copy of Adam Lonicer's Naturalis historiae opus novum (Frankfurt, 1551). Find out more at botany.edwardworthlibrary.ie/herbals/sixt...
#botany #beauty #plants #flowers
This beautiful image of aquilegia comes from Worth's copy of Adam Lonicer's Naturalis historiae opus novum (Frankfurt, 1551). Find out more at botany.edwardworthlibrary.ie/herbals/sixt...
#botany #beauty #plants #flowers
Travel back to the 18th century with A VOYAGE TO AND FROM BORNEO IN THE EAST INDIES by Captain Daniel Beeckman!
📌 Curious to learn more? Scan the QR code & uncover the full review! #BookOfTheMonth #bookreview #spicetrade #history #eastindies #banjarmasin #orangutan #eastindiacompany #borneo
📌 Curious to learn more? Scan the QR code & uncover the full review! #BookOfTheMonth #bookreview #spicetrade #history #eastindies #banjarmasin #orangutan #eastindiacompany #borneo
April 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Travel back to the 18th century with A VOYAGE TO AND FROM BORNEO IN THE EAST INDIES by Captain Daniel Beeckman!
📌 Curious to learn more? Scan the QR code & uncover the full review! #BookOfTheMonth #bookreview #spicetrade #history #eastindies #banjarmasin #orangutan #eastindiacompany #borneo
📌 Curious to learn more? Scan the QR code & uncover the full review! #BookOfTheMonth #bookreview #spicetrade #history #eastindies #banjarmasin #orangutan #eastindiacompany #borneo