De Hollandsche wysgeer. : Eerste deel [-zevende en laaste deel]. Met kopere platen versierd..
Buys, Egbert,-1769,translator.
Macpherson, James,1736-1796.Fragments of ancient poetry.Dutch.
Macpherson, James,1736-1796.Poems of Ossian.Dutch.Selections.
Linden, Dirk onder de,publisher.
Bantzinger, J. J.,former owner.StEdNL
Te Amsterdam, : By Dirk onder de Linden, Bybel- en Boekverkooper, in de Kalverstraat, over de Nieuwezyds Kapel.,
1759..
Translated by Egbert Buys.
Title pages printed in red and black, with engraved vignette.
Includes index at the end of part 7.
A literary miscellany comprised largely of translations from English and Scottish texts. The publication contains the first Dutch edition of Macpherson's 'Fragments of ancient poetry'. On pages 135-139 of part V there is a poetic description of the climate and landscape of  the Scottish highlands. There is also the first Dutch version of Ossian on pages 66-69 of part VI.
Early ownership inscription of " J. J. Bantzinger" on the front pastedown of vol. 1 and the recto of the front free endpapers of vols. 2 and 3.
Contemporary Dutch vellum with spines lettered in ink.
Netherlands Amsterdam.