Lot 351

Scottish Herring-bone Binding

Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
£313
Description
The Holy Bible. Edinburgh: printed by Alexander Kincaid, 1764. 12mo, volume one [of two] only, contemporary Edinburgh red morocco gilt, covers with lobed panels enclosing a herring-bone pattern of parsnip-shaped tools with central star tool, and crown-and-thistle tools to the sides, spine in six comparments each with floral and foliate tools divided by saltire crosses, a.e.g., Dutch floral paper pastedowns, some rubbing to edges
