Police seek owner of valuable Bible

Police are searching for the owner of a 150-year-old Bible worth £1,000 after it was left on a bench in Edinburgh.

Authorities say it is as an edition of the Rev John Eadie illustrated national family Bible from the 1860s. It is in full morocco binding with brass clasps and an embossed logo on the cover.

A member of the public found it lying on a bench in Queen Street around 5:15pm on 27 June.

A police spokesman said: “The Bible is large and distinctive, and we are appealing for any information that can help us reunite it with its owner.

“It is likely that someone has misplaced the Bible and forgotten about it, so we urge anyone who owns a copy of this Bible to check they still have it.”