The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: : newly translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised ... Appointed to be read in churches..
Scott, James,-approximately 1786,binder.StEdNL: Bdg.s.916?
Innes, Jenny,active 1775,former owner.StEdNL:  Bdg.s.671
Pease, Christopher Henry Beaumont,2nd Baron Wardington,1924-2005,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.s.916
Preston, Lucy Anne,active 1810,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.s.916
Boswale, Thomas Houstoun,active 1872,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.s.916
Preston, H. L.,Sir,active 1872,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.s.916
Cambridge, : Printed by John Archdeacon printer to the University; and sold by John Beecroft, John Rivington, Benjamin White, and Edward Dilly, in London; and T. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge.,
1769..
Final leaf = Fff6
No Apocrypha.
The New Testament has its own title page but the signatures are contiguous.
ESTC
The rectos of the front flyleaves of both volumes have the manuscript inscription "Lucy Anne Preston a gift from her dear mother 1810". The recto of the front flyleaf of vol. 2 also has the inscription " T Houstoun Boswale from Sir H.L.P. May 5th 1872". The verso of the front flyleaf of volume 1 has the manuscript inscription "Thos. Houstoun Boswale from his uncle H.L. Preston May 5th 1872 at 27 St Andrew St2.
Ink inscription on verso of front free endpaper: Jenny Innes January 1775.
This two volume set of the Holy Bible, printed in Cambridge in 1769 has been bound in red morocco, probably in imitation of the Edinburgh binder James Scott, who was active during the 1770s and 1780s. Also bound in with the New Testament is the Psalms of David in metre printed in Edinburgh in 1770 by Alexander Kincaid. The Psalms were also printed as part of a Holy Bible published by Kincaid in the same year.This binding is probably contemporary, and given the presence of the Psalms printed in Edinburgh, may have been bound in Scotland. Several of the ornaments used, particularly the scrolls and flourishes (Sc.7.1773 and Sc.13.1774 in Loudon), resemble those used by James Scott, though other prominent ornaments such as the fox and Cupid were not used by Scott. Interestingly, the fox ornaments on volume one are upside down. These bindings were part of the collection of Bibles belonging to Lord Wardington (1924-2005).
In a contemporary Scottish binding of brown morocco, gilt tooled with a herringbone design in the centre of both boards; this is contained within a rectangular panel displaying elaborate tooling in gilt of thistles, arasbeque, annular and plain dots, and fleurons. Spine in six compartments with gilt tooling, one of them displaying the volume number. Marbled endpapers; gilt paper edges.
In a contemporary Scottish binding of green morocco, tooled in gilt on both boards with a decorative roll along the borders and a central diamond-shaped ornament composed of a number of smaller tools. Spine in five compartments tooled in gilt, with the central one displaying the volume number. Marbled endpapers and gilt paper edges.