Leighton Library has a 1667 edition of "Index Librorum Prohibitorum"

Added by Leighton Library at 05:39 on 14 June 2024

#OnThisDay 14 June 1966 the Vatican announced the abolition of the "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" ("index of prohibited books"), which had been originally instituted in 1557. This listed publications deemed heretical, anti-clerical or lascivious, and therefore banned by the Catholic Church. Dunblane'...

Leighton Library has a 1785 edition of "The spectator. In eight volumes" by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele

Added by Leighton Library at 05:38 on 13 June 2024

#OnThisDay 13 June 1827 Daniel Macnie of Drumraich, Kilmadock, a borrower at Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, borrowed 2 volumes of "The spectator. In eight volumes."Leighton Library has a 1785 edition of "The spectator. In eight volumes" by English essayist, poet, playwright and politician Jos...

Leighton Library has a 1618 edition of "M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia, sive De bello civili Cæsaris et Pompeji lib X" by Thomas Farnaby

Added by Leighton Library at 06:22 on 12 June 2024

#OnThisDay 12 June 1647 leading classical scholar & outstanding educator of his time Thomas Farnaby died. His works chiefly consisted of annotated editions of Latin authors, and textbooks on rhetoric and Latin grammar, which enjoyed extraordinary popularity. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has ...

Leighton Library has a 1634 edition of “Titi Livii Historiarum libri ex recensione heinsiana.” by Daniel Heinsius

Added by Leighton Library at 07:19 on 09 June 2024

#OnThisDay 9 June 1580 one of the most famous scholars of the Dutch Renaissance, Daniel Heinsius, was born. Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library has a 1634 edition of his “Titi Livii Historiarum libri ex recensione heinsiana.” In 1612 he was appointed as 'Professor Politices' at the University of Le...

The Leighton Library has 1791 edition of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" and 1792 edition of his "Rights of Man"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:36 on 08 June 2024

It's #ThomasPaineDay today as #OnThisDay 8 June 1809 English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary Thomas Paine died. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1791 edition of his "Common Sense - addressed to the ...