Leighton Library has 1640 edition of translation by François de Malherbe of "Les epistres de Seneque" by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Added by Leighton Library at 07:34 on 16 October 2024

#OnThisDay 16 October 1628 French poet, critic, and translator François de Malherbe died. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1640 edition of "Les epistres de Seneque" his translation of Hispano-Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist Lucius Annaeus Seneca's "Epistolae"

Leighton Library has a 1675 edition of "England's present interest discovered with honour to the prince, and safety to the people" by William Penn

Added by Leighton Library at 06:26 on 14 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1675 edition of "England's present interest discovered with honour to the prince, and safety to the people" by founder of the North American colony, the Province of Pennsylvania, William Penn who was born #OnThisDay 14 October 1644. He worked to create his "Framework of Go...

Leighton Library has a 1724 edition of his "De officio hominis et civis, juxta legem naturalem" by Baron Samuel von Pufendorf

Added by Leighton Library at 07:23 on 13 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1724 edition of his "De officio hominis et civis, juxta legem naturalem" by German jurist, political philosopher, economist, statesman, and historian Baron Samuel von Pufendorf who died #OnThisDay 13 October 1694. This is a treatise on the duty of man and citizen according...

Leighton Library has 1653 first edition of "Conjectura cabbalistica" by Henry More

Added by Leighton Library at 07:17 on 12 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1653 first edition of "Conjectura cabbalistica" by English philosopher and prolific writer of verse and prose Henry More who was born #OnThisDay 12 October 1614. This book's sub-title is "A Conjectural Essay of Interpreting the Minde of Moses, according to a Threefold Cabb...

Leighton Library has 1748 edition of unfinished refutation of Lucretius, by Melchior Cardinal de Polignac

Added by Leighton Library at 07:14 on 11 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1748 edition of the unfinished refutation of Lucretius, by French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet Melchior Cardinal de Polignac who was born #OnThisDay 11 October 1661. The book was published after his death. He was several times President of the Académie royale des ...