Leighton Library has 1581 edition of “Poetices libri septem” by Julius Caesar Scaliger

Added by Leighton Library at 07:47 on 21 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1581 edition of “Poetices libri septem” (Seven books on Poetics) by Italian scholar and physician Julius Caesar Scaliger, who died #OnThisDay 21 October 1558. This contained paradoxes, and animosity against specific individuals, and described as the most comprehensive and ...

Leighton Library has 1654 edition of “Historiarum anatomicarum rariorum centuria I et II” by Thomas Bartholin

Added by Leighton Library at 07:10 on 20 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1654 edition of “Historiarum anatomicarum rariorum centuria I et II” by Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian Thomas Bartholin who was born #OnThisDay 20 October 1616. This book comprises case histories of unusual anatomical and clinical structures, including des...

Leighton Library has 1596 edition of "I. Lipsi Opera omnia quae ad criticam proprie spectant" by Justus Lipsius

Added by Leighton Library at 06:17 on 18 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1596 edition of "I. Lipsi Opera omnia quae ad criticam proprie spectant" (I. All the works of Lipsi which refer properly to criticism) by Flemish philologist & philosopher Justus Lipsius who was born #OnThisDay 18 October 1547. Offices today of the European Council and the...

Leighton Library has 1653 edition of "Patrologia" by Johann Gerhard

Added by Leighton Library at 08:20 on 17 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1653 edition of "Patrologia" by German theologian and academic Johann Gerhard who was born #OnThisDay 17 October 1582. He was regarded as the greatest living theologian of Protestant Germany. His advice was sought on all public and domestic questions touching on religion o...

Leighton Library has 1640 edition of translation by François de Malherbe of "Les epistres de Seneque" by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Added by Leighton Library at 07:34 on 16 October 2024

#OnThisDay 16 October 1628 French poet, critic, and translator François de Malherbe died. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1640 edition of "Les epistres de Seneque" his translation of Hispano-Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist Lucius Annaeus Seneca's "Epistolae"