The Poems of Ossian. by (MacPHERSON, James)

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1851. First Edition Thus. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1851. First edition thus. Very Good. The covers and edges are soiled and the corners and spine bumped. There is some foxing to the contents, especially the illustrations and adjacent pages, also a previous owner signature.

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New York: John Wurtele Lovell. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [c1882]. Hardcover. Small 1/4" x 2/3" chip to blank margin of Contents leaf. Age toning to paper at margins of leaves. Previous owner's signature. 1/8" missing and 3/8" chip to cloth at head of spine. Generic "This Book Belongs To" label on front endpaper, without a name. ; No date [c1882]. 492 pages. Blue cloth boards with black decoration on spine and front board, gilt panel on spine. Page dimensions: 183 x 122mm. .

Inverness: John Young. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. [3], v-xvii [18 blank], [19] 20-459 [460]. This is a curious edition of the Poems of Ossian. Three leaves of clearly 19th century text begin the volume, a title page, a preface (recto only) and a contents page printed both sides. The paper and printing then change very distinctly to either 18th century or very early 19th printing. The title page gives that this edition was 'published under the patronage of the Highland Society of Scotland' and then gives the clearly false date of 1762. The text of the various poems is preceded by a 'Dissertation Concerning the Era in which the Poet Lived' and followed by 'A Critical Dissertation' by the Late Rev. Hugh Blair. Careful comparison of the collation and signatures with the collection in the National Library of Scotland reveals that this is the edition they have shelfmarked Ossian98 and in their description it is given as published by John Young sometime between 1804 and 1823 but with a "spurious"… Read More