Lot 172
Scottish herringbone binding
The Holy Bible
Auction: Other Properties | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 63 to 255
Description
Containing the Old and New Testaments … Appointed to be Read in Churches. London: Alexander Kincaid, 1772. 8vo (20.4 x 12.8cm), contemporary brown morocco elaborately blind-tooled to a ‘herringbone’ design, lacking endpapers, title-page creased, toning and occasional soiling to contents;
Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of The Church of England [Bound with:] Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches. Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1760. 8vo, collates A-B8 C4 B-U8 (-U8) X-2A8 2B2 2M2 X-2L8 2M2 2N-2P8 2Q4, contemporary black morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, front joint cracked;
Geikie, Walter. Etchings, Illustrative of Scottish Character and Scenery. [Bound with:] Etchings. Studies from Nature. Edinburgh: John Stewart [… Hugh Paton], [1841] & 1830. 2 works in 1 volume, 4to, later blue crushed half morocco, the first work containing 81 etched plates (including 2 proofs with subjects' faces left blank), second work with 18 etched plates on india paper, mounted (and dated 1830);
and 4 others, finely bound (8)
Provenance
From the collection of the late John Morris (1934-2006), assistant keeper of rare books at the National Library of Scotland.