Lot 308
Scottish bookbinding.
The Drambuie Collection Part II
Auction: 27 January 2006 at 10:00 GMT
Description
The Psalms of David in metre. Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid, 1761, 12mo, contemporary Scottish wheel binding, red morocco gilt with central wheel surrounded by patterns of flowers, leaves, stars, parrots etc., spine gilt, chequered Dutch endpapers, g.e., small number in ink on title
Footnote
Provenance: Mrs Cathcart of Genoch, early inscription on endpapers; Edward Sage 1894, inscription on front endpaper
Note: A fine example of a Scottish wheel binding, this design often being found on copies of the Psalms of David bound in black or red morocco. The design and tooling is typical of the most elaborate and decorative Scottish bookbinding work of the mid to late eighteenth century.