Leighton Library has a 1632 first edition of a book described as a compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge

Added by Leighton Library at 07:55 on 14 March 2024

Today, 14 March, is #CelebrateScientistsDay, and #ScienceEducationDayDunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1632 first edition of a book, described as a compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge, entitled "Thaumatographia naturalis, in decem classes distincta, in quibus admiranda ...

Through the arched window of the Leighton Library you can see the Olympic Gold Postbox of tennis ace Andy Murray

Added by Leighton Library at 08:57 on 11 March 2024

Shall we look through the square window, the round window or the arched window? Are you old enough to remember how, in the long-running BBC television programme for children "Play School" (the final episode of which was broadcast #OnThisDay 11 March 1988), the world outside the studio was glimpsed t...

Work continues to prepare the interior of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library for the return of the historic collection of books from storage elsewhere

Added by Leighton Library at 23:21 on 09 March 2024

Work continues to prepare the interior of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library for the return of the historic collection of books from storage elsewhere. We are very grateful to the volunteers who today were cleaning the shelving in the original presses, and painting the newly revealed fireplace sur...

Leighton Library has a first edition of the highly influential "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"

Added by Leighton Library at 23:20 on 09 March 2024

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a first edition of the highly influential "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" (which was published #OnThisDay 9 March 1776) by renowned Scottish economist, philosopher and key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, Adam Smith. This...

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1638 edition of one of the best known works of Italian Saint Thomas Aquinas

Added by Leighton Library at 08:05 on 07 March 2024

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1638 edition of "Summa Theologica" one of the best known works of Italian Dominican priest and philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas, who died #OnThisDay 1274. He was an immensely influential philosopher and foremost classical proponent of natural theology. Muc...