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.
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3054859.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
[80]p. . 8vo.. 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).