Fingal, A Poem in Six Books, by Ossian: Translated from the Original Galic [sic] by Mr Macpherson, and Rendered into Verse from that Translation.
by Macpherson, James
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Oxford: Printed for J. and J. Fletcher, 1772. 8vo, pp. viii, 180. Later half dark blue calf, marbled boards, spine divided by double gilt rules, green morocco label, edges sprinkled red. First and last leaves damp-marked to margins and lightly toned. Binding a little rubbed, spine dulled. Ownership inscription of Northcomb to title-page. An anonymous rhyming translation of the first of Macpherson’s Ossian poems, which was first published in Macpherson’s blank verse in 1762. A version in ‘English Heroic Verse’ by Islay clergyman John Wodrow had appeared in an Edinburgh printing in 1771 but this is a different translation, one which was popular enough at least to reach a second edition in 1777. ESTC T137508.
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- McNaughtan's Bookshop (GB)
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- Title
- Fingal, A Poem in Six Books, by Ossian: Translated from the Original Galic [sic] by Mr Macpherson, and Rendered into Verse from that Translation.
- Author
- Macpherson, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for J. and J. Fletcher
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1772
- Keywords
- Literature Poetry Scottish
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