The Leighton Library has a 1810 first edition of "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott

Added by Leighton Library at 07:34 on 15 August 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1810 first edition of epic narrative poem "The Lady of the Lake" (which helped make the Trossachs a top tourist destination) by the celebrated Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet Sir Walter Scott who was born #OnThisDay 15 August 1771. Hear Leighton Library V...

Leighton Library has a 1620 edition of "Historia del Concilio tridentino" by Paolo Sarpi

Added by Leighton Library at 06:33 on 14 August 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1620 edition of "Historia del Concilio tridentino" (History of the Councel of Trent) by Venetian historian, prelate, scientist & canon lawyer Paolo Sarpi who was born #OnThisDay 14 August 1552. This was his major work. He was a proponent of the separation of Church and sta...

Leighton Library has a 1634 edition of "Adagia, id est : Prouerbiorum" by Johann Jakob Grynaeus

Added by Leighton Library at 07:04 on 13 August 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1634 edition of "Adagia, id est : Prouerbiorum" on the subject of Proverbs, edited by Swiss clergyman and theologian Johann Jakob Grynaeus who died #OnThisDay 13 August 1617. His many works include commentaries on various books of the Old and New Testament.

Leighton Library has a 1630 edition of "De republica Anglorum" by Sir Thomas Smith

Added by Leighton Library at 06:55 on 12 August 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1630 edition of "De republica Anglorum" by English scholar, parliamentarian and diplomat Sir Thomas Smith who died #OnThisDay 12 August 1577. This was written between 1562 and 1565, where he described England as a mixed government and a commonwealth, and stated that all co...

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

Added by Leighton Library at 08:38 on 10 August 2024

#OnThisDay 10 August 1799 Reverend Mr Robert Stirling, a borrower at Dunblane's historic 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 ...