Binding Macpherson, James. The present edition begins with several analyses of the poems' authenticity, leaning heavily in favor of Macpherson's veracity while acknowledging the doubts and questions raised by numerous critics. Eight plates, drawn by A.I. Dick and engraved by H. Dacre, illustrate the poems. Probably the work of a Philadelphia bindery. Front joint cracked at top.
All edges gilt.
Ownership inscription to front pastedown. Silk ribbon placemarker. Schoepflin, Johann Daniel. Gothofredum Bauer, 1760. He buttresses his arguments with documents here present in fine engraved facsimile.