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F I N G A L,
A N
ANCIENT EPIC POEM,
In SIX BOOKS:
Together with feveral other POEMS, compofed by
O S S I A N the Son of F I N. G A L.
Tranflated from the Galic Language,
By JAMES M A C P H E R S O N,
Vortia JaBa fatrum, Virgil.
LONDON?
Printed for T. Be c kit and P. A. De Hondt, in the Strand.
M DCC LXII,

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Fingal
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Description	"... an ancient epic poem in six books together with several other poems composed by Ossian the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language by James Macpherson". (Imperfect: wanting advertisement leaf preceding p. 1 and final advertisement leaf.) (There is another copy at Shelf mark: Oss.3(1), DOD ID 77433523.)
Shelfmark	Oss.4
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1762 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Celtic (culture) Poetry Forgeries (derivative objects)
Person / organisation:	T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt [Publisher] MacPherson, James, 1736-1796 [Author] Ossian, active 3rd century [Attributed name] Finn MacCumhaill, 3rd cent. [Subject of text]
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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.