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Editore: BiblioBazaar, 2009
ISBN 10: 1103605364ISBN 13: 9781103605361
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 266 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.60 inches. This item is printed on demand.
Editore: BiblioBazaar, 2009
ISBN 10: 1103605348ISBN 13: 9781103605347
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
Libro Print on Demand
Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 266 pages. 10.00x7.50x0.60 inches. This item is printed on demand.
Leather. Condizione: Very Good. James Fittler; Henry Singleton (illustratore). A smart set of the collected works of 'Ossian', the forged poems written by James Macpherson, illustrated throughout. Complete in three volumes.A selection of poems by James Macpherson, which he claims were epic poems written by an ancient Scottish figure named Ossian.Macpherson claimed to have discovered these poems by a third-century bard, translating them into a modern English. However their authenticity were immediately challenged, though the poems achieved success internationally, with admirers including Napoleon, Thomas Jefferson, and Diderot.These volumes include 'Fingal', 'Temora', 'Sulmalla of Lumon', 'Cath-Loda', 'Oina-Morul', and 'Colna-Dona'.Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece.Volume II is illustrated with five plates.Volume III is illustrated with six plates.Half-title present to each volume.Collated, complete.Macpherson was a literary collector, politician, and writer, who today is best remembered for his Ossian cycle of epic poetry.With engravings by James Fittler, after Henry Singleton.Bookplate to the front paste downs. In a rebacked calf binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the extremities. The original boards are a little rubbed with some light marks. A patch of repaired wear to the head of the front board of Volume I. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some scattered spots, including spots to the plates. Very Good. book.