Leighton Library has a 1754 first edition of "A short conference betwixt Mr Adam Gib, Minister of the Gospel in the Associate Congregation at Edinburgh, and a country-man in the parish of Biggar"

Added by Leighton Library at 04:54 on 14 April 2024

Leighton Library has a 1754 first edition of "A short conference betwixt Mr Adam Gib, Minister of the Gospel in the Associate Congregation at Edinburgh, and a country-man in the parish of Biggar" about a heated exchange with Adam Gib, who was born #OnThisDay 1714. He was a Scottish religious leader,...

Leighton Library has a 1697 second edition with additions of "The snake in the grass" by Jacobite propagandist Charles Leslie

Added by Leighton Library at 07:47 on 13 April 2024

Leighton Library has a 1697 second edition with additions of "The snake in the grass" by Irish priest & leading Jacobite propagandist after the 1688 Glorious Revolution, Charles Leslie, who died #OnThisDay 13 April 1722. This was the first of his seven anti-Quaker propaganda works, claiming that Qua...

Leighton Library has a 1568 edition of "Sofokleous 'Ai 'epta tragojdiai" by Joachim Camerarius

Added by Leighton Library at 03:50 on 12 April 2024

Leighton Library has a 1568 edition of "Sofokleous 'Ai 'epta tragojdiai. Sophoclis Tragoediae septem", a translation into Latin by German classical scholar Joachim Camerarius, the Elder (born #OnThisDay 12 April 1500), of the Seven Tragedies, plays by ancient Greek writer Sophocles