Description: For Sale is THE POEMS OF OSSIAN translated by James MacPherson, 1806 Vintage 2vol. SET NEW EDITION published by Dewick and Clarke, London, England. There are marbled end pages, gilt edges on 3 sides and app. 700pp. in the 2 volumes. Whether Ossian, a hero of Gaelic mythology, wrote these poems -- or even existed -- has been a subject of heated critical debate since they were first published in 1773 by James Macpherson, who claimed to have merely collected and translated them. Many critics, then and now, argue that Macpherson authored the poems himself. This "New Edition" (1806) addresses some of those criticisms in a "Preliminary Discourse." The front cover of Vol. 1 is separated and there are bookplates in the 2 volumes. Please examine the photographs for condition. Thanks.
Price: 44.95 USD
Location: Edison, New Jersey
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: London
Language: English
Signed: No
Author: MacPherson
Region: Europe
Publisher: Dewick and Clarke
Topic: Poetry
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1806
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