This Bible is in the Perth Museum archives.
It measures 3 1/4 inches wide by 5 1/4 inches high. It is leather bound and written in Gaelic. The museum catalogue card states that the Bible was donated to the museum by Mrs. John McGREGOR of Balderson, Ont., and indicates that the donation was made in 1950 or before.
The inscription is on the flyleaf, the blank page before the title page.
Transcript of the title page is:
LEABHRAICHEAN
AN
T-SEANN TIOMNAIDH,
AIR AN TARRUING
ON CHEUD CHANAIN
CHUM GAELIC ALBANNAICH;
etc.
EDINBURGH
BIBLE
SOCIETY
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED BY ANDERSON & BRYCE;
FOR THE EDINBURGH BIBLE SOCIETY; BY PERMISSION, FROM
THE QUARTO EDITION OF THE SOCIETY IN SCOTLAND,
FOR PROPAGATING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.
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1831.
[stamped in the bottom right corner]
NEW
PERTHSHIRE
BIBLE SOCIETY
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Presented to
Mr.[Miss] D. McNaughton,
on the occasion of
her marriage, for
resisting the old
customs of dancing
etc. With best
wishes from her
pastor. D. Campbell.
Lawers Manse,
Decemb. 27th, 1839.