Book
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3054859
Summary
Bible and Psalms bound in one volume
Bibliographic description
Provenance: Inscriptions on flyleaf: (1) Jane Stodart / a present from her Father (2) To the Lady Mary Ann Compton from the early & much attached friend of her dear Mother / Jane Stodart / Edin. 1838 [i.e. gift to Lady Marian Alford (1817-88), mother of 2nd & 3rd earls Brownlow, daughter of marquess of Northampton]. Binding: Olive morocco, heavily gilt (rubbed), with key-pattern border, exotic cranes, and musical instruments in centre-pieces; spine gilt (probably Scottish eighteenth-century).