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Leighton Library has a 1604 edition of "De inventoribus rerum"
Added at 12:56 on 18 April 2024
#OnThisDay 18 April 1555 Italian scholar, historian, priest and diplomat dubbed the "Father of English History" Polydore Vergil died. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1604 edition of one of the books for which he is best remembered, a history of discoveries and origins, "De inventoribus rerum"
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