Leighton Library, Dunblane

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

Leighton Library has 6 volumes from 1720-1731 of Magna Britannia et Hibernia, antiqua & nova. Or, a new survey of Great Britain" by Thomas Cox

Added at 08:42 on 26 February 2025

#OnThisDay 26 February 1790, Dr James Robertson, Minister of Callander from 1768 to 1812, having made a donation to the Leighton Library, borrowed 2 volumes of "Magna Britannia et Hibernia, antiqua & nova. Or, a new survey of Great Britain" by Thomas Cox (1655–1734), an English clergyman, topographer and translator. The Leighton Library has 6 volumes. These were published from 1720-1731

If you're like to explore what other books were borrowed on this day, or any other day, in the 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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