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1784-85 "The Poems of Ossian" Translated by James MacPherson in Two Volumes
Item Details
An antiquarian publication of The Poems of Ossian, featuring volumes I and II, printed in London for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in 1784-1785. Both of these volumes are fully leatherbound with a colored leather block and gilt to the spines. These early Celtic texts are an English translation of the original Gaelic in James MacPherson’s epic poem Ossian.
Condition
- chipping to spine ends; cover of volume I is detached; slight redrot; chipping to pages and foxing; loose hinges; period inscriptions.
Dimensions
5.75" W x 9.0" H x 2.5" D
- measured grouped and stacked.
Item #
17LOU011-046
