The 17th century Leighton Library in Dunblane has now reopened after extensive restoration work to the building. The Leighton Library is founded on the personal library of Archbishop Robert Leighton (1611-1684), who bequeathed some 1500 books and pamphlets to the Cathedral of Dunblane. A library building was erected between 1684 and 1688 in order to […]
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Exhibition of Maps from Thomas Jefferys’ and Samuel Holland’s American Atlas (1776)
The latest exhibition in the Library is a collection of maps of North America from an 18th century atlas. Most of the maps were created by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to George III, and Samuel Holland, First Surveyor General of British North America, and were first published in 1775, at the beginning of the American War […]