Skaldestycken af Ossian. /
Ossian,active 3rd century.
Key, E.former ownerStEdNL
Wedberg, O.former ownerStEdNL
Steffen, R.former ownerStEdNL
Upsala : Johan Fred. Edman,
1794-1800.
Imprint date of part 1 from colophon.
Edited and partly translated by G. Knös, O. A. Knös and G. Rosén. This collection contains translations of the  following poems from "Thee Songs of Ossian": "Comala", "Carric-thura", "Carthon", "Oithona", "The war of Caros", "The war of Inis-thona", "The songs of Selma", "Fingal", "Lathmon", "Dar-thula", "The death of Cuthullin", "The battle of Lora" and "Conlath and Cuthona". In addition the volumes also contain the translations "Kinfena och Sira" and "Taras sånger" taken from Baron de Harold's collection "Poems of Ossian" (1787) together with "Minvanas sånger" and "Oscur", both of which are  taken from an unknown source. Hugh Blair's "Critical dissertation on the poems of Ossian" and MacPherson's letter to Uno  von Troil are cited in the foreword. The first complete Swedish translation of Ossian was published in 1842-  46.
Includes name index at end of part two.
Gilt stamp of E. Key on front board. Bookplate of J. O. Wedberg on front pastedown. Bookplate of R. Steffen on recto of front free endpaper.
Sweden Upsala