Lloyd Library and Museum

Bringing Science, Art, and History to Life

 

 

elcome to the Lloyd Library and Museum. The Library holds, acquires, preserves, and provides access to both historic and current books and journals, as well as archival materials, on a wide variety of disciplines that fall under the subjects of natural history, botany, pharmacy, and medicine. Lloyd's resources are in fact an eclectic blend of a host of related sciences. Despite the scientific focus, the collections have relevance to the humanities, such as visual arts and foreign languages through resources that feature botanical illustrations, original artworks, and travel literature. The Lloyd is open to the public—we invite you to explore this unique establishment.

Today in the History of Medicine, Botany, and related sciences
November 18

• 1477 - William Caxton produces Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, the first book printed on a printing press in England. • 1727, born, Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773); he collected and categorized fish of the Mediterranean at the request of Linnaeus. There is a dolphin named for him.

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