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Poems of Ossian

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Date published: 1790

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Poems of Ossian
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/77927324
Description	"Translated by James Macpherson, Esq" (In two volumes.)
Shelfmark	Oss.31-32
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1790 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > Ireland > Leinster > County Dublin > Dublin borough > Dublin (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Celtic (culture) Poetry Forgeries (derivative objects)
Person / organisation:	Moore, James, bookseller [Publisher] MacPherson, James, 1736-1796 [Author] Ossian, active 3rd century [Attributed name]
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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.