In continuous use for more than 350 years, Chetham’s is the oldest public library in the English-speaking world and includes books pre-dating the use of paper.
Copy link
Copied
Subscribe to gift this article
Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
Already a subscriber? Login
They were an unlikely pair. One man rode to hounds, wore top hat and tails and came from a wealthy family of cotton manufacturers.
The other was a refugee, expelled from Europe over his radical, socialist writings.
Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.
Fetching latest articles
Original URL: https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/travel/inside-the-library-where-marx-and-engels-wrote-the-communist-manifesto-20221222-p5c8ex
