Leighton Library has 1797 edition of "A treatise on the police of the metropolis“ by Patrick Colquhoun

Added by Leighton Library at 07:22 on 10 August 2025

#OnThisDay 10 August 1799 Reverend Mr Robert Stirling, a borrower at the Leighton Library, borrowed the Leighton Library's 1797 edition of "A treatise on the police of the metropolis; containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors by which private and public property and security are, at...

Leighton Library has 1755 first edition of "A System of Moral Philosophy" by Francis Hutcheson

Added by Leighton Library at 08:07 on 08 August 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1755 first edition of "A System of Moral Philosophy" by Irish philosopher born in Ulster to a family of Scottish Presbyterians Francis Hutcheson who was born #OnThisDay 8 August 1694He became known as one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Enlightenment (influencing D...

Leighton Library has 1608 edition of “Le combat spirituel” with 27 new chapters added by Theatines religious order

Added by Leighton Library at 06:30 on 07 August 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1608 edition of “Le combat spirituel” which has 27 new chapters added by the Theatines, the religious order founded by Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene (Saint Cajetan), who died #OnThisDay 7 August 1547.The 1608 edition was a major expansion of the original 1589 Venetian versio...