The poems of Ossian, translated

by James Macpherson, Esq.. The engravings by James Fittler … from pictures by Henry Singleton by James Macpherson

$650 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

London: William Miller, John Murray and John Harding, 1805. 3 volumes, small 8vo, 12 engraved plates; a very handsome set in contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, triple gilt rules on covers enclosing a dot and floral border, gilt pointille-decorated spines in 6 compartments lettered in 3, a.e.g.; minor rubbing but generally near fine throughout. Legendary Gaelic poet, supposedly the son of Finn mac Cumhail, hero of a cycle of tales and poems that place

• Binding: Leather

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