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...

Leighton Library has a 1589 edition of "Astronomica veterum scripta"

Added by Leighton Library at 06:53 on 18 May 2024

18 May this year is #AstronomyDay#InternationalAstronomyDay#InternationalSpringAstronomyDay #SpringAstronomyDay (held on the Saturday nearest the first quarter moon).The Leighton Library has a 1589 edition of "Astronomica veterum scripta" which draws on the work from many scholars over many centurie...

Leighton Library has 1577 edition of "Dionysii Alex. et Pomp. Melae Situs orbis descriptio. Aethici Cosmographia" by Martín Antonio del Río

Added by Leighton Library at 06:08 on 17 May 2024

#OnThisDay 17 May 1551 Belgian theologian and occultist Martín Antonio del Río was born. His book on magic and the occult "Disquisitionum magicarum" made a connection between witches and heretics, and was one of the books used at the famous Salem witch trials of 1692. It has been asserted that he wa...

Leighton Library has a 1799 edition of James Boswell’s "The Life of Samuel Johnson"

Added by Leighton Library at 05:35 on 16 May 2024

Today, 16 May, is #NationalBiographersDay, as it commemorates the first meeting of literary figure Samuel Johnson and his biographer James Boswell #OnThisDay 1763. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1799 edition of Boswell’s "The Life of Samuel Johnson" (considered one of the greatest biogra...