Expert: Mark Smith - 2/5/2006

Question
Hi I recently received a second hand bible which I am trying to date to satisfy my curiosty.  There is no information in the bible.

All I could find was a reference to Henry & Scott for the commentary and the publisher which is William Collins & Co (Glasgow, London & Edinburgh).

It is a very large bible leather bound with brass handles that are used to keep the bible closed.
Cheers

Answer
Hello Michael.
Sorry about last week, but my PC is working again, so here's a "proper" answer.
William Collins were one of the most important printers in Scotland with it's first premises in Glasgow and began printing bibles in 1843. Yours sounds late Victorian/Edwardian as they only opened offices in London and Edinburgh at the end of the 19th century.
Mark