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The works of Ossian, the son of Fingal : translated from the Galic language / by James Macpherson.

Accession number
PML 143954-55
Creator
Macpherson, James, 1736-1796.
Published
London : Printed for T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt, at Tully's Head, near Surry Street, in the Strand, 1765.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
The purported translations from the Gaelic are actually Macpherson's own works, written in English.
"The words 'Third edition' refer to the previous publication in a separate form of Fingal and Tempora."--Brit. Museum cat.
"A critical dissertation on the poems of Ossian" by Hugh Blair: v. 2, p. [311]-443.
Description
2 v. (xxiv, 375, [2]; xlii, 460, [4] p.) ; 22 cm.
Provenance
Bookplate of E.B. Proctor; signature of Louisa Proctor on 2nd front flyleaf of v. 1; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco tooled in gilt by Bozerian.
Classification
Department