Lot 295
Scottish bindings - The Holy Bible
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid, 1758. 12mo, double column, contemporary Scottish black morocco with gilt border enclosing a central wheel, vase of flowers at corners, the remaining ground filled with floral tools, birds, scrolls, dots and stars, gilt spines, "Dutch" patterned endpapers, gilt edges, B3-4 becoming detached, volume 2 lacking 2 leaves in quire Uu and final quire Ggg, repaired at head of spines and corners, spine of volume II chipped at foot, endpapers a little torn and frail, [Herbert, 1724]; Holy Bible Edinburgh: Adrian Watkins, 1752. 12mo, double column, contemporary Scottish green morocco tooled in gilt with a panel of pear-shaped ornaments, gilt spine compartments, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, [not in Herbert], Holy Bible London: John Field, 1658. 12mo, 2 volumes, double column, engraved title, contemporary black morocco, with floral tools, dots, pointille panels, &c., and 3 others including 2 odd volumes (9)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire