£1,375
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 694
Auction: 13 July 2022 at 11:00 BST
With Arguments ... and Moral and Theological Observations ... composed by the Reverend Mr Ostervald. Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1770. 2 volumes, 8vo (21 x 12.5cm), contemporary red morocco, floral motifs gilt to spines, covers lavishly gilt-tooled in herringbone pattern, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, Psalms (Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771) bound in at rear, wear and some loss to spine-ends, tips bumped, variable light browning, [Darlow & Moule 1205; ESTC T91947, five copies only], together with:
Book of Common Prayer. Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid, 1761. 12mo (16.8 x 10.5cm), contemporary dark blue morocco gilt-tooled in herringbone pattern, Dutch floral endpapers, Psalms (Kincaid, 1761) bound in at rear, ownership inscription ('Isobella Meldrum'), wear to spine, joints and extremities, light spotting and browning [ESTC T166781] (3)