The poems of Ossian
Subtitle: to which are prefixed a preliminary discourse and dissertations on the æra and poems of Ossian
By: translated by James Macpherson.
Contributors: Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800.; John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: C. Wells
Published: 1806
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
Subjects: Ossian, 3rd cent. -- Poetry.; Literary forgeries and mystifications -- Early works to 1800.; Bards and bardism -- Poetry.; Mythology, Celtic -- Ireland -- Poetry.; Celts -- Poetry.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: The purported translations from the Gaelic are actually Macpherson's own works, written in English.
Dated Feb. 1, 1806 at end of "A preliminary discourse" (p. 37).
Added engraved t.p., illustrated.
Includes: A critical dissertation on the poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal / by Hugh Blair.