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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
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