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Leighton Library has 1656 First Edition of Abraham Cowley's "Poems : viz.I. Miscellanies. II. The mistress, or, Love verses. III. Pindarique odes. And IV. Davideis, or, A sacred poem of the troubles of David"
Added at 07:38 on 19 May 2024
#OnThisDay 19 May 1802, Mr Cornelius Stewart, a borrower at Dunblane's Leighton Library borrowed the library's 1656 First Edition of Abraham Cowley's "Poems : viz.I. Miscellanies. II. The mistress, or, Love verses. III. Pindarique odes. And IV. Davideis, or, A sacred poem of the troubles of David"
The Borrower, Mr Cornelius Stewart, was a surgeon from Dunblane. He'd taken out a subscription to the Leighton Library on 15 December 1800, for the sum of 5 shillings.
If you'd like to explore what other books were borrowed on this day in Dunblane's historic Leighton Library then you can search the "Books and Borrowing: An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers, 1750-1830" website database accessible from the Leighton Library website https://www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/books-and-borrowing-1750-1830
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