Leighton Library has 1636 edition of "Les essais de Michel seigneur de Montaigne" by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Added by Leighton Library at 07:23 on 28 February 2025

#OnThisDay 28 February 1533 Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance) was born. He was known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. The Leighton Library has a 1636 edition of his "Les essais de Michel seigneur de Montaigne." His work is noted...

Leighton Library has 6 volumes from 1720-1731 of Magna Britannia et Hibernia, antiqua & nova. Or, a new survey of Great Britain" by Thomas Cox

Added by Leighton Library at 08:42 on 26 February 2025

#OnThisDay 26 February 1790, Dr James Robertson, Minister of Callander from 1768 to 1812, having made a donation to the Leighton Library, borrowed 2 volumes of "Magna Britannia et Hibernia, antiqua & nova. Or, a new survey of Great Britain" by Thomas Cox (1655–1734), an English clergyman, topographe...

Leighton Library has 1634 edition of “Titi Livii Historiarum libri ex recensione heinsiana” by Daniel Heinsius

Added by Leighton Library at 13:00 on 25 February 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1634 edition of “Titi Livii Historiarum libri ex recensione heinsiana” by one of the most famous scholars of the Dutch Renaissance, Daniel Heinsius, who died #OnThisDay 25 February 1655. In 1612 he was appointed as 'Professor Politices' at the University of Leiden, the wor...