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The Leeds Library is the oldest surviving subscription library of its type in the UK. It was founded in 1768, following an advertisement placed in the Leeds Intelligencer earlier that year. The first secretary was Joseph Priestley. In 1779, James Boswell wrote, "In Leeds, where one would not expect it, there is a very good public library, where strangers are treated with great civility." The library holdings also incorporate the stock of the short lived . The Foreign Library was founded in 1778 and incorporated into the Leeds Library in 1814.

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rdfs:comment	The Leeds Library is the oldest surviving subscription library of its type in the UK. It was founded in 1768, following an advertisement placed in the Leeds Intelligencer earlier that year. The first secretary was Joseph Priestley. In 1779, James Boswell wrote, "In Leeds, where one would not expect it, there is a very good public library, where strangers are treated with great civility." The library holdings also incorporate the stock of the short lived . The Foreign Library was founded in 1778 and incorporated into the Leeds Library in 1814. (en)
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