BIBLE. English. Authorised. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New newly translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. ... Edinburgh, Printed by James Watson, one of His Majesty's Printers, 1715 Unpaginated. The Bible text ends on Xx4, followed by The Psalms of David in Metre with its own sequence of signatures A-C8, D4, E2. Leaf E2 is a blank. Herbert 934. Engraved title page signed by Robert Ward. The text is red-ruled throughout. Bound in black morocco. The central panel is decorated in a classic early herringbone design using foliage tools. The outer panel features large foliage sprays in the corners, lunette tools, additional foliage tools, and small stars. The spine has five raised bands, fully gilt in the panels with a saltire cross and small tools between the arms. Soft green Dutch floral gilt endpapers and all edges gilt. Slight rubbing on the corners and a recent small loss of surface on the front joint. A beautiful example of this iconic Scottish binding style. Loosely inserted in its envelope is a letter on University of Glasgow Library stationery, dated March 1968 and addressed to Hon. Fiona Campbell, discussing Lowden's appeal for manuscript sources for his research on James Scott