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Saturday 9 September - 10am to 4pm. Explore Thomas Plume’s Library (est. 1704), home to rare books, manuscripts and paintings dating from the 15thc collected by Dr Thomas Plume, born in Maldon, 1630. The Library, which he left as a lending library, is still housed in it's original setting.
This year’s exhibition is part of the Library’s Post-Plume holdings. The “Pamela Collection” was left to the us by one of the first Friends of the Library, a local rare books dealer, Peter Young. Pamela, thought to be the first novel in English, was written by Samuel Richardson in 1741, with many subsequent editions being produced. It was translated into several European languages and plays, comedies, operas, satires and objections followed. Peter Young’s collection also included prints of illustrations from the book, and a miniature of the author. It is thought to be the world’s largest collection of Pamela-related items in the world.
Unfortunately the building is not suitable for those with impaired mobility as entry is via a narrow spiral stone staircase.
