Leighton Library has 1787 edition of "Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark" by William Coxe

Added by Leighton Library at 06:44 on 23 July 2025

#OnThisDay 23 July 1792, Mrs Compton, a borrower at Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, borrowed the Leighton Library's 1787 edition of "Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark" by William Coxe.This is a multi-volume travelogue chronicling journeys through Northern and Eastern Europe, int...

Leighton Library has 1593 edition of "Explicationum catecheticarum" by Zacharias Ursinus

Added by Leighton Library at 07:25 on 18 July 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1593 edition of "Explicationum catecheticarum" by German Reformed theologian Zacharias Ursinus who was born #OnThisDay 18 July 1534. Reformed German and Dutch immigrants to North America celebrated his legacy — especially his role in the creation of the Heidelberg Catechis...

Leighton Library has 1758 edition of Niels Horrebow's "The Natural History of Iceland"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:44 on 16 July 2025

It’s #WorldSnakeDay #SnakeDay today, 16 July. Some of the Volunteer Guides at the Leighton Library like to demonstrate their memorising prowess by being able to quote an entire chapter from the Leighton Library’s 1758 edition of Niels Horrebow's "The Natural History of Iceland". Renowned dictionary ...