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Poems of Ossian

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Poems of Ossian
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/77899674
Description	"... translated by James Macpherson ; authenticated, illustrated, & explained by Hugh Campbell".
Shelfmark	Oss.116-117
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1822 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Celtic (culture) Poetry Forgeries (derivative objects)
Person / organisation:	Richard Phillips and Co. [Publisher] MacPherson, James, 1736-1796 [Author] Ossian, active 3rd century [Subject of text] Campbell, Hugh, Esq. [Illustrator]
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Ossian Collection
Description	Selected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.

Early Gaelic Book Collections
Description	Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.