Scottish Bindings.- Bible, English. The Holy Bible..., engraved architectural title by Robert Wood, ruled in red throughout, attractive contemporary black morocco tooled in gilt with herringbone pattern panel with floral roll border surrounded by corner leafy sprigs and flowers, semi-circles, stars and dots, "Dutch" gilt endpapers, Edinburgh, James Watson, 1715; The Holy Bible, contemporary red morocco tooled in gilt with central wheel incorporating thistles surrounded by flowers and other tools, "Dutch" floral endpapers, Edinburgh, Adrian Watkins, 1754; The Holy Bible, contemporary black morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with panel of pear-shaped ornaments enclosing a herringbone against a ground of flowers & small tools with an outer dog-tooth roll border, Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 § Book of Common Prayer (The), ruled in red, contemporary ink signature to title, handsome contemporary black morocco tooled in gilt with herringbone pattern in shaped panel against a ground of small dots with circles to corners and border of double fillets and ribbon & dog-tooth rolls, Edinburgh, James Watson, 1720, the last two J.R.Abbey's copies with his gilt-stamped leather book-label and ink note of acquisition to rear free endpaper, all with spines gilt in compartments with saltire cross and small floral tools, g.e., all a little rubbed, corners bumped, the second with corners worn and split to spine, the third with crack to upper cover, 8vo et infra; sold as a collection of bindings, not subject to return (4)

⁂ An attractive group of Scottish bindings.

Major John Roland Abbey (1894-69), renowned book-collector, particularly of bindings.