Leighton Library has a first edition of 1766 of "Travels through France and Italy" by Scottish surgeon, poet & author Tobias Smollett

Added by Leighton Library at 07:30 on 19 March 2024

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a first edition of 1766 of "Travels through France and Italy" by Scottish surgeon, poet & author Tobias Smollett who was born #OnThisDay, 19 March, 1721. He was best known for his novels, which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens & George Orwel...

#OnThisDay, 15 March, 1792, Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan, a borrower at Dunblane's Leighton Library borrowed "Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:26 on 15 March 2024

#OnThisDay, 15 March, 1792, Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan, a borrower at Dunblane's Leighton Library borrowed "Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature". Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan was the Secession (Burgher) minister of Dunblane, 1768-1816. This ...

Leighton Library has a 1632 first edition of a book described as a compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge

Added by Leighton Library at 07:55 on 14 March 2024

Today, 14 March, is #CelebrateScientistsDay, and #ScienceEducationDayDunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1632 first edition of a book, described as a compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge, entitled "Thaumatographia naturalis, in decem classes distincta, in quibus admiranda ...