Leighton Library has 2nd edition of 1755/6 of Dr Samuel Johnson's dictionary "A Dictionary of the English Language"

Added by Leighton Library at 06:42 on 15 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 2nd edition of 1755/6 of Dr Samuel Johnson's dictionary "A Dictionary of the English Language" which was first published #OnThisDay 15 April 1755. It contained explanations and meanings for 40,000 different words and had taken him almost 9 years to compile. It is viewed as...

Leighton Library has 1754 first edition of "A short conference betwixt Mr Adam Gib, Minister of the Gospel in the Associate Congregation at Edinburgh, and a country-man in the parish of Biggar" by Adam Gib

Added by Leighton Library at 07:47 on 14 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1754 first edition of "A short conference betwixt Mr Adam Gib, Minister of the Gospel in the Associate Congregation at Edinburgh, and a country-man in the parish of Biggar" about a heated exchange with Adam Gib, who was born #OnThisDay 14 April 1714. He was a Scottish reli...

Leighton Library has 1697 second edition with additions of "The snake in the grass" by Charles Leslie

Added by Leighton Library at 07:16 on 13 April 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1697 second edition with additions of "The snake in the grass" by Irish priest & leading Jacobite propagandist after the 1688 Glorious Revolution, Charles Leslie, who died #OnThisDay 13 April 1722. This was the first of his seven anti-Quaker propaganda works, claiming that...