The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments ....
Dundas, Grace,active 1778,former owner.StEdNL Bdg.s.892(1)
Colt, Robert,active 1778,former ownerStEdNL Bdg.s.892(1)
Scott, James,-approximately 1786,binder.StEdNL: Bdg.s.104(1)
Cockburn, Martha,-1782,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.s.104(1)
Gloag, John,1772-1837,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.s.104(1)
London : Printed by C. Eyre & W. Strahan,
1772..
No Apocrypha.
The N.T. has a separate titlepage dated 1771, but the colophon is dated 1772.
Final leaf = Cccc4.
The titlepage is engraved.
ESTC
Darlow & Moule 1222
Both volumes are inscribed by "G. Dundas Sept. 22nd. 1778.". She was a member of the famous Dundas family of Arniston. Further manuscript notes explain that the Bible was presented to Grace Dundas by Robert Colt at their wedding, and other notes record the fortunes of the Colt family into the twentieth century. Both volumes also have the bookplate of Grace Colt.
Ownership ink inscription at the verso of the front free endpaper "This Bible belonged to my mother Martha Cockburn who died Septemr 1782 and was given to me by my sister Martha 27th November 1810 John Gloag Mercht Edinburgh 1772". Below this in a different hand "1837 Died". Notes of his parents and their children have been added on the recto of the first front flyleaf and of his own children on the recto and verso of the second back flyleaf. A fragment of paper containing a poem by one of his children dated 1814 has been pasted on the verso of the first back flyleaf. Notes of volumes of sermons owned by him are written in a later hand on the second front flyleaf, to which is also pasted an engraving of an unidentified minister. Loosely enclosed is a leaf from another volume on which are written notes dated on 1889 of Archibald Robertson Gloag and his family.
Bound in two volumes with volume 2 also containing the Psalms of David in metre with the imprint Edinburgh, 1771. The binding is of red morocco featuring a herring-bone design, with some interesting stipple tooling and a fine border roll.
Copy in a binding with tools of the workshop of James Scott of Edinburgh (Loudon JS 20).