MACPHERSON JAMES - Ossian, his Principle Poems, Translated Into English Verse, with introduction and Notes, Illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Caledonians, and an Account of the Harp in the Highlands

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black. 1858, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. original blue cloth with spine lettered OSSIAN in gilt and blindstamped on the boards and spine, some slight faint and scattered foxing, front hinge opened a little, rear hinge cracked, joints and corners rubbed, the fictitious ancient Welsh bard Ossian became a sensation in the eighteenth century when MacPherson published his 'translation' of the poems, critics were skeptical as he refused to produce the original manuscripts from which he claimed to have prepared his translations and the hoax was exposed, copperplate ink name to head of contents page "William Correll, Ballinartram', lxxxviii, 381pp +16pp cat of Works of Walter Scott, the translater/ editor is not named. Good/No Jacket.

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