Cover Image

The poems of Ossian /

Show other versions (5)
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macpherson, James, 1736-1796
Other Authors: Ossian, active 3rd century, Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1854.
Subjects:
Ossian, > active 3rd century > Poetry.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Mythology, Celtic > Poetry.
Celts > Poetry.
Faux et supercheries littéraires.
Mythologie celtique > Poésie.
Celtes > Poésie.
Ossian, > active 3rd century
Celts.
Mythology, Celtic.
Poetry.
Engravings.
Description
Item Description:Added engraved title page.
The poems are by Macpherson, who borrowed freely from legends. Cf. Wilpert, G. Lexicon der Weltlit, page 848.
Includes: A critical dissertation on the poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal, by Hugh Blair, pages [93]-190.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:492 pages : frontispiece, plates ; 19 cm