Sean dana; le Oisian, Orran, Ulann, &c. Ancient poems of Ossian, Orran, Ullin, &c. Collected in the Western Highlands and Isles; Being the originals of the translations some time ago published in the Gaelic antiquities. By John Smith [...]
Publisher: Printed for Charles Elliot; Printed for C. Elliot, T. Kay, and Co.
Published: 1787
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Description: <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;"><b>Full title:</b> Sean dana; le Oisian, Orran, Ulann, &amp;c. Ancient poems of Ossian, Orran, Ullin, &amp;c. Collected in the Western Highlands and Isles; Being the originals of the translations some time ago published in the Gaelic antiquities. By John Smith, D.D. Minister of the Gospel at Campbelton. </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;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"> 8vo. f. [1] (blank), pp. vi, f. [1], pp. 348 pages, f. [1] (blank). Original boards, rebacked. Manuscript inscription on verso of first blank with name of Samuel Wilson and date of 1829.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">A complementary work to John Smith’s ‘Galic Antiquities’ (1780, see Bib# 669638/Fr# 636 in this collection). In the present work, Smith offers ‘the originals of the translations some time ago published in the Gaelic antiquities.’ See also ESTC, T98765.</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/alma991039124099707861" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>