Fragments of ancient poetry, Collected in the Highlands of Scotland, and Translated from the Galic or Erse Language
Publisher: Printed for Gavin Hamilton and John Balfour
Published: 1760
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
Description: <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;text-align:justify;">8vo. There are two copies in this collection. The present (pp. viii, 70, f. [1] (blank)) is in original blue sugar-paper wrappers (defective). It is uncut and boxed.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;text-align:justify;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;text-align:justify;">The present work is the first edition of James Macpherson’s first collection of ‘Galic’ translations; a revised reprint of the same year contains one additional poem. See also ESTC, T83707.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991039123799707861" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>