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Peace, quiet, books. Just lovely:

The heating is on and we’ll be open from 10am as usual. Take care on your journeys in!

❄️We’re all set for tonight’s sold out talk which will go ahead despite the weather❄️

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. #specialcollections

🎄Here’s the line up for the festive season - something for everyone!

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

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.

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.

🎄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. Exeter City of Literature The National Lottery Heritage Fund The National Lottery Heritage Fund London & South Visit Exeter InExeter

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 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 Now very much out of date of course… #library #specialcollections #specialcollectionslibrary

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. devonandexeterinstitution.org/the-meticulous…