A two volume-set consisting of a duodecisimo format bible printed in Cambridge in 1790, along with psalms printed by J. & M. Robertson in Glasgow in 1793 and an unrecorded Glasgow printing of "Translations and paraphrases in verse, of several passages of sacred scripture" done for James Dickson, printer to Church of Scotland 1781-1797. The set has been acquired for its binding in contemporary dark green morocco with richly gilt spine and boards. It is a Scottish, probably Edinburgh, binding. The unidentified binder appears to have been strongly inspired by the work of James and William Scott of Edinburgh. The volumes have a very attractive sunburst design with a central cluster of musical instruments, the tool being a very close copy of the tool "Mu.1" on page 297 of Loudon's bibliography of Scott bindings. Volume one, the Old Testament is in near perfect condition and seems almost unread. The set was formerly owned by the Rev. Archibald Fleming of Inchyra, Perthshire (1833-1900), with his signature, dated 1866, on the inside front free endpapers.

J.H. Loudon, James Scott and William Scott, bookbinders, London, 1980.