Leighton Library has a 1769 3-volume edition of "Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : written, during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa"

Added by Leighton Library at 06:38 on 15 May 2024

Leighton Library has a 1769 3-volume edition of "Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : written, during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters, &c. in different parts of Europe" by Mary Wortley Montagu who was born #OnThisDay 15 May 168...

Leighton Library has a 1663 edition of "Discours politiques des rois" by Georges de Scudéry

Added by Leighton Library at 17:37 on 14 May 2024

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1663 edition of "Discours politiques des rois" (Political Discourse of Kings) by French novelist, dramatist and poet Georges de Scudéry who died #OnThisDay 14 May 1667.

James Fraser, CEO of the Loch Katrine Steamship Trust, met today with members of the Leighton Library group

Added by Leighton Library at 13:53 on 13 May 2024

James Fraser, CEO of the Loch Katrine Steamship Trust, met today with members of the Leighton Library group looking at developing the Undercroft into a visitor welcome, interpretation and engagement space. Many thanks to James for generously sharing of his experience from many tourism destinations a...

Leighton Library has a 1680 edition of "Histoire critique du Vieux Testament" by Richard Simon

Added by Leighton Library at 08:47 on 13 May 2024

Leighton Library has a 1680 edition of the controversial "Histoire critique du Vieux Testament" by French priest, influential biblical critic and orientalist Richard Simon who was born #OnThisDay 13 May 1638. In this book Richard Simon denied that Moses was the author of the Pentateuch and showed th...

Leighton Library has a 1615 first edition of "De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas" by Matteo Ricci

Added by Leighton Library at 17:36 on 11 May 2024

Leighton Library has a 1615 first edition of "De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas" (On the Christian Mission among the Chinese) by Italian priest and mathematician Matteo Ricci who died #OnThisDay 11 May 1610. He argued that Confucianism and Christianity are remarkably similar. His journals contain...