A new version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the tunes used in churches. /
Scott, James,-approximately 1786,binder.StEdNL: Bdg.m.171(3), Bdg.m.175(3), Bdg.s.266(4)
Stewart, Alexander,-1795,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.m.175(3)
Edinburgh: : Printed by Adrian Watkins His Majesty's printer.,
MDCCLVII. [1757]
With an initial imprimatur leaf.
Includes "An alphabetical table, shewing how to find any Psalm by its beginning."
ESTC
A manuscript genealogy on the verso of the final leaf in the volume and rear pastedown shows that it belonged to Alexander Stewart of Invernahyle, Argyllshire (1707/8-1795), and his family. Stewart was one of the sons of the laird of Invernahyle and during the 1745/46 Jacobite uprising he served in the Jacobite army along with the Stewarts of Appin.
A James Scott of Edinburgh binding in red morocco featuring boards bordered by a Greek-key roll, panels with an elaborate rococo decoration framing a radiating pyramid, and the use of swan and nesting bird tools. The spine is gilt in six compartments, and features repeated use of a tool with two birds. The endpapers have been patterned with a painted spatter decoration that was used on some of Scott's earlier bindings.
Binding by James Scott of Edinburgh. Six other James Scott bindings of the 1756 Book of Common Prayer are recorded in J. H. Loudon's bibliography "James Scott and William Scott bookbinders", dating from the years 1774-1780. This rather worn and faded binding, in crimson morocco, resembles the earlier bindings from 1774/75 (JS 9, 11, 11.5) and so can probably be dated to ca. 1774.
Black calf binding by James Scott of Edinburgh (Loudon JS 11.5).
Scotland Edinburgh.