Leighton Library has 1810 first edition of Sir Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake"

Added by Leighton Library at 08:39 on 05 October 2024

It's #NationalStorytellingDay on 5 October 2024 #StorytellingDay today. The Leighton Library has a 1810 first edition of celebrated Scottish storyteller Sir Walter Scott's epic narrative poem "The Lady of the Lake" (which helped make The Trossachs a top tourist destination). Hear Leighton Library Vo...

Leighton Library has 1649 3-volume 2nd edition of "Las obras de la S. madre Teresa de Jesus" autobiography of Saint Teresa of Jesus

Added by Leighton Library at 06:48 on 04 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1649 3-volume 2nd edition of "Las obras de la S. madre Teresa de Jesus" the autobiography of Saint Teresa of Jesus, who died #OnThisDay 4 October 1582. She was a Spanish Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. In her autobiography, written betwee...

Leighton Library has a 1736 edition of "Theologiae vere christianae apologia - An apology for the true Christian divinity" by Robert Barclay

Added by Leighton Library at 07:46 on 03 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1736 edition of "Theologiae vere christianae apologia - An apology for the true Christian divinity" (written in both Latin and English) by Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey colony in North America, Robert Barclay who died #OnThisDay 3 October ...

Leighton Library has a 1768 fifth edition, corrected, of “Dialogues of the dead” by George Lyttelton and Elizabeth Robinson Montagu

Added by Leighton Library at 09:02 on 02 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1768 fifth edition, corrected, of “Dialogues of the dead” by George Lyttelton and Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, born #OnThisDay 2 October 1718. Dialogues of the Dead was a series of critiques of 18th-century society. The final three dialogues are by Elizabeth Robinson Montag...

Leighton Library has 1602 first edition of Agostino Valier’s “Vita B. Caroli Borromei“ about Italian cardinal and saint Charles Borromeo

Added by Leighton Library at 08:18 on 02 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1602 first edition of Agostino Valier’s “Vita B. Caroli Borromei card. S. Praxedis, et archiepiscopi Mediolani. Item opuscula duo, Episcopus, & Cardinalis” about Italian cardinal and saint Charles Borromeo, born #OnThisDay 2 October 1538. Charles Borromeo was a leading fig...