Leighton Library has badly wormed 1569 edition of "Sermons de M. Iean Caluin sur le liure de Iob." by John Calvin

Added by Leighton Library at 07:05 on 27 May 2024

Bugs and Books don't mix! #OnThisDay 27 May 1564 John Calvin, influential French theologian during the Protestant Reformation, and after whom Calvanism was named, died. The Leighton Library has several of his books including a badly wormed 1569 edition of his "Sermons de M. Iean Caluin sur le liure ...

Leighton Library has a 1614 edition of "Relatio ad reges & principes christianos" by Caspar Schoppe

Added by Leighton Library at 06:41 on 27 May 2024

He was referred to as "a man of a restless spirit and a malicious pen!" #OnThisDay 27 May 1576 German controversialist and scholar Caspar Schoppe was born. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1614 edition of his "Relatio ad reges & principes christianos"

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...