Leighton Library has a 1629 edition of "Utopia" by Sir Thomas More

Added by Leighton Library at 06:01 on 06 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1629 edition of "Utopia" (about the political system of an imaginary island state) by noted Renaissance humanist and statesman (who was England's Lord High Chancellor) Sir Thomas More who was executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England #OnThisDay 6 July 1535. O...

Leighton Library has a 1733 edition of "Observations upon the prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John" by Sir Isaac Newton

Added by Leighton Library at 06:16 on 05 July 2024

#OnThisDay 5 July 1687 "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" by Sir Isaac Newton (widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time) was published. The Leighton Library has a 1733 edition of his "Observations upon the prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John...

Leighton Library has a 1776 edition of "The American atlas" by Major Samuel Holland

Added by Leighton Library at 04:52 on 04 July 2024

Today, 4th July, is America's Independence Day, celebrating the Declaration of Independence of the United States from Great Britain in 1776. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a contemporary 1776 edition of "The American atlas : or, A geographical description of the whole continent of America ...