Leighton Library has 1611 edition of "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John" by John Napier

Added by Leighton Library at 15:46 on 02 September 2024

#OnThisDay 2 September 1796 a borrower at Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan (Secession Burgher minister of Dunblane, 1768-1816) borrowed the Leighton Library's 1611 edition of "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John" by celebrated Scottish mathematic...

Leighton Library has a 1653 first edition of "Conjectura cabbalistica" by Henry More

Added by Leighton Library at 07:23 on 01 September 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1653 first edition of "Conjectura cabbalistica - a Conjectural Essay of Interpreting the Minde of Moses, according to a Threefold Cabbala: viz. Literal, Philosophical, Mystical, or Divinely Moral" by English philosopher and prolific writer of verse and prose Henry More who...

Leighton Library has a 1883 edition of "Selections from the writings of Archbishop Leighton, edited with a memoir and notes by William Blair"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:04 on 31 August 2024

31 August is #WeLoveMemoirsDay. The Leighton Library has a 1883 edition of "Selections from the writings of Archbishop Leighton, edited with a memoir and notes by William Blair" - the Leighton Library came about due to the bequest of 17th century churchman and academic Robert Leighton, who gifted Du...

Leighton Library has a 1740 edition of "A letter concerning toleration" by John Locke

Added by Leighton Library at 06:30 on 29 August 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1740 edition of "A letter concerning toleration" the first work of English philosopher and physician known as the "Father of Liberalism" John Locke who was born #OnThisDay 29 August 1632, in whose memory today is also #IndividualRightsDay. His work was important to social ...

Leighton Library has a 1633 edition of "Mare Liberum" by Hugo Grotius

Added by Leighton Library at 06:35 on 28 August 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1633 edition of "Mare Liberum" (one of the most important international legal doctrines regarding the seas and oceans, said to be the essence and backbone of the modern law of the sea) by Dutch philosopher, theologian, playwright, historiographer, poet, statesman and diplo...