The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, : according to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches..
Church of England.
Scott, James,-approximately 1786,binder.StEdNL: Bdg.m.171(1), Bdg.m.175(1), Bdg.s.153(1), Bdg.s.830(1), Bdg.s.685(1), Bdg.s.352(1) & Bdg.s.266(1)
Graham, Louisa.-1782,former owner.StEdNL : Bdg.m.171(1)
Stewart, Alexander,-1795,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.m.175(1)
Edinburgh: : Printed by Adrian Watkins His Majesty's Printer.,
MDCCLVI. [1756]
Final leaf = Iii2.
ESTC
The title page contains the manuscript signature of "Louisa Graeme". A manuscript note in another hand below this indicates that she is Louisa Graham (d. 1782), the wife of David Graham of Orchil, Perthshire.
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 (not recorded in Loudon).
Binding by James Scott of Edinburgh (not recorded in Loudon). 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.
In a green morocco binding by James Scott of Edinburgh with his label (Loudon JS 36).
Black morocco binding by James Scott of Edinburgh (Loudon JS 11).
Black calf binding by James Scott of Edinburgh (Loudon JS 11.5).
Red morocco binding by James Scott of Edinburgh (not recorded in Loudon (NLS no. JS 44.1)).
In a green morocco binding, possibly by James Scott of Edinburgh (not recorded in Loudon).
Church of England
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