Sacred gems
Subtitle: ancient and modern.
Contributors: John Grieg & Son
Publisher: Gall & Inglis; Houlston and Wright
Published: 1853
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Notes: Date taken from British Library Public Catalogue.

Added colour wood-engraved t.p. included in pagination.

T.p. printed within blue rule border and wood-engraved decorative border printed in red.  Text printed within varying colour wood-engraved decorative borders.

Includes works by Montgomery, Mrs. Mackay, Jane Taylor, Cowper, Sigourney, Keble, Mary A. Browne, Carlyle, Longfellow and others.

Includes "Index of First Lines.": p. 221-226

MASS copy: Bound in maroon coarse bead-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind; a.e.g.  Spine with imprint: "Edinburgh. Gall & Inglis".  With gold patterned endpapers.  With presentation inscription dated December 1857.  With ownership label: "N H L T".