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The poems of Ossian /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macpherson, James, 1736-1796
Other Authors: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Literary forgeries and mystifications > Early works to 1800.
Ossian, > active 3rd century > Poetry.
Bards and bardism > Poetry.
Mythology, Celtic > Ireland > Poetry.
Celts > Poetry.
Description
Item Description:Added engraved illustrated title page.
The purported translations from the Gaelic are actually Macpherson's own works, written in English.
Signatures: [a]⁶ b¹² A-U¹² X⁶(-X6).
Includes Hugh Blair's A critical dissertation on the poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal: pages [47]-137.
Physical Description:xxxv, 1 unnumbered page, 489 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 14 cm. (duodecimo)