Lot 68
Bible, Scottish Gaelic. Tiomnadh Nuadh ar Tighearna agus ar Slanuigh-fhir Iosa Criosd, Dunn-Eudain [Edinburgh], Balfour, Auld & Smellie, 1767; and the Old Testament in Scottish Gaelic (3)
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Bible, Scottish Gaelic. Tiomnadh Nuadh ar Tighearna agus ar Slanuigh-fhir Iosa Criosd, bookplate "Buinidh an leabhar so do Chalum MacLeòid", ownership inscription of Robert Menzies to rear free endpaper dated 1768, later pencil note to verso of final text f., 2Y1 very small hole affecting few letters, one or two leaves with footnote trimmed, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with faded morocco labels, small loss to spine ends, corners worn, rather rubbed, upper cover detached, Balfour, Auld & Smellie, 1767 § Leabhraiche an t-Seann Tiomnaidh, 4 vol. in 2, presentation bookplate "Andrew Imray, to his friend John Bain" and associated ink gift inscription to front free endpapers, ink ownership stamp of A.S. Mackay to front free endpapers, contemporary marbled calf, red morocco spine labels, corners bumped, rubbed, Uilliam Smellie [& Alastoir Smellie], 1783-1801, the odd light stain, some light spotting and very light browning, [ESTC T112804 & T154564], Dunn-Eudain [Edinburgh], 8vo (3)
⁂ The first mentioned the octavo format of the first edition of the New Testament in Scottish Gaelic, also issued in 12mo format in the same year. The second mentioned is the first edition of the Old Testament in Scottish Gaelic, published in four parts.
Description
Bible, Scottish Gaelic. Tiomnadh Nuadh ar Tighearna agus ar Slanuigh-fhir Iosa Criosd, bookplate "Buinidh an leabhar so do Chalum MacLeòid", ownership inscription of Robert Menzies to rear free endpaper dated 1768, later pencil note to verso of final text f., 2Y1 very small hole affecting few letters, one or two leaves with footnote trimmed, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with faded morocco labels, small loss to spine ends, corners worn, rather rubbed, upper cover detached, Balfour, Auld & Smellie, 1767 § Leabhraiche an t-Seann Tiomnaidh, 4 vol. in 2, presentation bookplate "Andrew Imray, to his friend John Bain" and associated ink gift inscription to front free endpapers, ink ownership stamp of A.S. Mackay to front free endpapers, contemporary marbled calf, red morocco spine labels, corners bumped, rubbed, Uilliam Smellie [& Alastoir Smellie], 1783-1801, the odd light stain, some light spotting and very light browning, [ESTC T112804 & T154564], Dunn-Eudain [Edinburgh], 8vo (3)
⁂ The first mentioned the octavo format of the first edition of the New Testament in Scottish Gaelic, also issued in 12mo format in the same year. The second mentioned is the first edition of the Old Testament in Scottish Gaelic, published in four parts.
