Leighton Library, Dunblane

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

Smallest book in Leighton Library is 1564 edition of "De Imitatione Christi" by Thomas à Kempis

Added at 07:34 on 27 August 2024

#OnThisDay 27 August 1955 the first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published in Britain. The record for the most expensive book was $14,165,000 paid for the Bay Psalm Book, sold at Sotheby's in New York. The book dates back to 1640, was the first book ever printed in British North America, and one of only 11 copies surviving

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library is Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library. The smallest book in the library is the 1564 edition of "De Imitatione Christi" (The Imitation of Christ) regarded to be by German priest & mystic Thomas à Kempis. This book is the best known Christian book on devotion which, apart from the Bible, has been translated into more languages than any other book. The oldest book in the library is a Book of Psalms dating back to 1504

🚶 Visit Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library
📅 Open Monday to Saturday
🕚 11am-4pm

🆓 Free admission (donations invited)

< Leighton Library has a 1569 edition of "P. Rami Scholarum mathematicarum, libri unus et triginta" by Petrus Ramus Leighton Library has a 1633 edition of "Mare Liberum" by Hugo Grotius >