Leighton Library, Dunblane

Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library founded in 1687

Leighton Library has 1748 edition of unfinished refutation of Lucretius, by Melchior Cardinal de Polignac

Added at 07:14 on 11 October 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1748 edition of the unfinished refutation of Lucretius, by French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet Melchior Cardinal de Polignac who was born #OnThisDay 11 October 1661. The book was published after his death. He was several times President of the Académie royale des sciences

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