Leighton Library has a 1654 edition of "Letters to severall persons of honour" by eminent English poet John Donne

Added by Leighton Library at 04:38 on 31 March 2024

Leighton Library has a 1654 edition of "Letters to severall persons of honour" by eminent English poet and cleric John Donne, who died #OnThisDay 31 March 1631. This is a collection of his letters collected and published by his son, and which illustrate his relationship with his family and others. H...

Leighton Library has a 1658 first edition of "Horae hebraicae et talmudicae" by John Lightfoot

Added by Leighton Library at 05:52 on 29 March 2024

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1658 first edition of "Horae hebraicae et talmudicae" by English priest and academic John Lightfoot, who was born #OnThisDay 29 March 1602. This is his best-known work, with this volume (a commentary relating to the Gospel of Matthew) being the first of a s...

Leighton Library has a 1659 2nd edition of "Eruditionis scholasticae atrium, rerum & linguarum ornamenta exhibens" by Comenius

Added by Leighton Library at 07:04 on 28 March 2024

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1659 2nd edition of "Eruditionis scholasticae atrium, rerum & linguarum ornamenta exhibens; una cum ejusdem Fortio redivivo, sive De pellenda scholis ignavia" by Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education, J...