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Macpherson, James The Poems Of Ossian
for Cadell & Davies et al 1807 reprint
Full Calf, P+. 2 volumes, xi+436pp, iii+387pp, very worn, boards detached with a few pp, text clean & unmarked - in need of a rebind. The poetical works of James MacPherson [ 1736 - 1796 ]. In a great literary hoax Macpherson alledged merely to be the translator, ( from 3rd century Scotish Gaelic originals ), of these poems which he had collected on travels in the Highlands of Scotland, but the authenticity of these claims was soon called into question. The poems where, regardless very popluar when first published in 1761.
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Macpherson, James The Poems Of Ossian - A New Edition Containing Dr Blair's Three Celebrated Critical Dissertations And A Preliminary Discourse [ 2 volumes complete ]
printed by Dewick & Clarke for Lackington & Allen & Co, Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square 1806 a new edition.
Full tree calf, G+. 2 volumes, xlviii+297pp, [iv]+329pp, b/w frontis to each volume, grand total of 7 plates, hinges weak to volume I & upper board detached to volume II, contents a little yellowed with some offsetting from the plates, leather worn at the edges & to the spines with a little loss at the head of volume I & base of volume II, a fair set. The poetical works of James MacPherson [ 1736 - 1796 ]. In a great literary hoax Macpherson alledged merely to be the translator, ( from 3rd century Scotish Gaelic originals ), of these poems which he had collected on travels in the Highlands of Scotland, but the authenticity of these claims was soon called into question. The poems were, regardless, very popluar when first published in 1761.
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40.00 GBP
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