Leighton Library, Dunblane

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

Leighton Library has a 1643 edition of "Marci Antonini imperatoris De seipso et ad seipsum libri XII" by Wilhelm Xylander

Added at 08:03 on 10 February 2025

#OnThisDay 10 February 1576 Wilhelm Xylander, German classical scholar and humanist, died. The Leighton Library has a 1643 edition of his "Marci Antonini imperatoris De seipso et ad seipsum libri XII" - the meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome, 121-180).

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