Leighton Library has a 1661 copy of "The charge of high treason, murders, oppressions, and other crimes, exhibited to the parliament of Scotland against the Marquess of Argyle and his complices, January 23, 1661."

Added by Leighton Library at 06:29 on 27 May 2024

#OnThisDay 27 May 1661, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, Chief of Clan Campbell and de facto head of Scotland's government during most of the 1640s and 50s was executed for high treason in Edinburgh. The Leighton Library has a 1661 copy of "The charge of high treason, ...

Leighton Library has a 1554 edition of the atlas "Cosmographiae uniuersalis" by Sebastian Münster

Added by Leighton Library at 12:26 on 26 May 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1554 edition of the atlas "Cosmographiae uniuersalis" which includes this 16th century view of Europe - a reversal of viewpoint from direction customary today, by German cartographer and cosmographer Sebastian Münster who died #OnThisDay 26 May 1552. It was one of the most...

Leighton Library has a 1701 edition of "The pirat's doom : or, Captain Kidd's fatall farewell"

Added by Leighton Library at 06:01 on 23 May 2024

Leighton Library has a 1701 edition of "The pirat's doom : or, Captain Kidd's fatall farewell ; being executed at Execution Dock, for murder, piracy and robbery, on Friday the 23d of May, 1701" - a ballad about renowned Scottish pirate William Kidd who died by hanging in London #OnThisDay 23 May 170...

Leighton Library has a 1628 edition of "De miraculis occultis naturae libri IIII" by Levinus Lemnius

Added by Leighton Library at 06:16 on 20 May 2024

Leighton Library has a 1628 edition of "De miraculis occultis naturae libri IIII" (The secret miracles of nature) by Dutch physician and author Levinus Lemnius who was born #OnThisDay 20 May 1505. This was on the subjects of Medicine, Occultism, Philosophy and religion

Leighton Library has 1656 First Edition of Abraham Cowley's "Poems : viz.I. Miscellanies. II. The mistress, or, Love verses. III. Pindarique odes. And IV. Davideis, or, A sacred poem of the troubles of David"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:38 on 19 May 2024

#OnThisDay 19 May 1802, Mr Cornelius Stewart, a borrower at Dunblane's Leighton Library borrowed the library's 1656 First Edition of Abraham Cowley's "Poems : viz.I. Miscellanies. II. The mistress, or, Love verses. III. Pindarique odes. And IV. Davideis, or, A sacred poem of the troubles of David"Th...