The psalms of David in metre : newly translated, and diligently compared with the original text, and former translations. More plain, smooth, and agreeable to the text, than any heretofore. / allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in congregations and families.

Accession number

PML 152401.3

Published

Glasgow : Printed by J. & M. Robertson, M.DCC.LXXXII [i.e. 1782]

Credit line

Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.

Notes

Title within ornamental border.
Bookseller's description laid in.
Bound with a New Testament t.p. [v.2] supplied in the hand of Charles Tawse.

Description

[70] leaves ; 16 cm

Inscriptions/Markings

V.1 of bound set inscribed on t.p. verso by Charles Tawse, "Haec biblia pertinet ad me, Carolus Tawse, Anno 1750."

Provenance

Charles Tawse; from the library of Julia P. Wightman.

Binding

Wallet bindings in green morocco, decorated with a Greek key roll in gilt, with silver clasps. Instructions for opening clasps: hold the binding in left hand, push the top stud up to release the clasp.

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