📚 Dunblane's historic Leighton Library

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has first edition of highly influential "Inquiry into the Nature & Causes of the Wealth of Nations" (published #OnThisDay 1776) by renowned Scottish economist & key figure in Scottish Enlightenment, Adam Smith
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It's #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 - Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1774 edition of Hester Chapone's "Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady." Hester wrote a romance at the age of nine, 'The Loves of Amoret and Melissa'

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1638 edition of "Summa Theologica" by Italian priest & philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas, who died #OnThisDay 1274. He was immensely influential philosopher & foremost classical proponent of natural theology

🗓️🇪🇸✍️📖 Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1639 edition of "De veritate fidei christianae" by Spanish Renaissance scholar Juan Luis Vives March who was born #OnThisDay 1493. His perspective on emotions, memory and learning earned him the title of the "father" of modern psychology

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1630 edition of "Atlas minor, ou Briefve description de tout le monde" by Flemish cartographer & mathematician Gerardus Mercator, born #OnThisDay 1512 - gave name to Mercator Projection, & first to use term Atlas for map collection

#OnThisDay 1798, Dr James Robertson, Minister of Callander, borrowed Dunblane's historic Leighton Library’s 1782 first edition of "The adventures of a rupee. Wherein are interspersed various anecdotes Asiatic and European." www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/books-and-bo...

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1764 edition of "Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia" by renowned Scottish architect, furniture & interior designer, Robert Adam, who died #OnThisDay 1792

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1557 edition of collection of satirical poems "Varia doctorũ piorumque virorum" with introduction by Croatian theologian Matthias Flacius, born #OnThisDay 1520. He was regarded as renegade "we have nourished a snake in our bosom"

Today is #FunFactsAboutNamesDay - did you know the word "library" comes from the Latin librarium for chest for books or book case. The word derives from the Latin liber for book.

Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library has 1615 edition of first printed book to contain word psychology. It's “Lexicon Philosophicum” by German philosopher & lexicographer Rudolph Goclenius, born #OnThisDay 1547. He used the term 'ontology' in this “Lexicon philosophicum”

#OnThisDay 1533 Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (influential writers of French Renaissance known for popularizing essay as literary genre) was born. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1636 edition of his "Les essais de Michel seigneur de Montaigne."

Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library today played host to students from University of Stirling looking at early modern printing & binding, led by Dr Kelsey Jackson Williams (Associate Professor in English Studies at University of Stirling & Director of Pathfoot Press

It’s #NationalRetroDay
#RetroDay so here's outside & interior view of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library from 1932. Keen-eyed observers will note door in centre of wall facing road which was blocked off during Second World War, & not revealed again until recent restoration work

#OnThisDay 1790, Dr James Robertson, Minister of Callander borrowed Dunblane's historic Leighton Library’s 1731 edition of "Magna Britannia et Hibernia, antiqua & nova. Or, a new survey of Great Britain" by Thomas Cox www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/books-and-bo...

Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library has 1634 edition of “Titi Livii Historiarum libri ex recensione heinsiana” by famous scholar of Dutch Renaissance, Daniel Heinsius, who died #OnThisDay 1655. He was world's first chair in political science

#OnThisDay 1795 Rev Robert Campbell, Minister of Erskine Secession Church in Stirling, borrowed from Dunblane's historic Leighton Library 1790-91 edition of "Travels of Anacharsis the younger in Greece" by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/books-and-bo...

🗓️🇫🇷🔭 Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library has a 1635 edition of “Quod Deus sit, mundusque ab ipso creatus fuerit in tempore” by French mathematician, astrologer & astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin (also known as Morinus) who was born #OnThisDay 1583

Robert Leighton was a polyglot, reading & writing in many languages. It’s #MotherLanguageDay #InternationalMotherLanguageDay celebrating multilingualism & linguistic diversity

Hear Max and Murray sharing about activities for children visiting Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library

Max & Murray are members of 25th Stirling (Dunblane) Boys’ Brigade, volunteering in support of their Duke of Edinburgh Award, by creating videos for the Leighton Library.

Many thanks to Dr Paula Williams, Curator of Maps, Mountaineering & Polar Collections at National Library of Scotland, for inspiring presentation today on maps, for Leighton Library Volunteer Guides, Friends of Leighton Library, & Innerpeffray Library volunteers

Hear Max & Murray encouraging you to leave a review following a visit to Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library - and showing you how to do that

Max & Murray are members of 25th Stirling (Dunblane) Boys’ Brigade, volunteering in support of their Duke of Edinburgh Award

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Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1618 edition of "Thomae Bradwardini archiepiscopi olim cantuariensis" edited by English scholar & mathematician Sir Henry Savile who died #OnThisDay 1622. He endowed Savilian chairs of Astronomy & Geometry at Oxford University

Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library has 1589 edition of “Poluainou Strategematon” which has Latin translations (by Swiss scholar Isaac Casaubon, born #OnThisDay 1559) beside original Greek in parallel columns of 2nd-century Macedonian author Polyaenus’ “Stratagems in War.”

#OnThisDay 1630 Robert Leighton’s father, Dr Alexander Leighton, was arrested in London. He was tried & found guilty in Court of Star Chamber on charge of sedition, for attacking Anglican bishops in book “Appeal to the Parliament; or Sions Plea against the Prelacie”

#OnThisDay 1683 Robert Leighton wrote his will, founding Leighton Library, Scotland’s oldest purpose-built independent library:
“Only my books I leave & bequeath to the Cathedrall of Dunblane in Scotland to remaine there for the use of the clergie of that diocess.”

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1543 edition of "Loci Communes rerum theologicarum seu hypotyposes theologicae (Latin for Common Places in Theology or Fundamental Doctrinal Themes) by German astronomer, theologian & academic Philipp Melanchthon, born #OnThisDay 1497

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1596 edition of "De natura noui orbis" about New World, by Spanish Jesuit missionary & naturalist in Latin America José de Acosta who died #OnThisDay 1600

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1675 edition of "Of the principles & duties of natural religion" by author, natural philosopher & Bishop of Chester John Wilkins, born #OnThisDay 1614

William & Mary were proclaimed co-rulers of England #OnThisDay 1689. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1689 First Edition of “Declaration of Estates of kingdom of Scotland, containing claim of right, & offer of Crown to Their Majesties King William & Queen Mary”