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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 MACPHERSON.
Portia JaBa pat rum.
Virgil.
THE S E C O N D E D I T I
L o N q o N:
Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, in the Strand.
M DCC LXII.

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(7) Title page
Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/77440446
Description	Title page (2nd edition).

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 [sic] language by James Macpherson". The second edition, London: 1762. (There is another copy at Oss.6, DOD ID 77443856.)
Shelfmark	Oss.5
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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Early Gaelic Book Collections
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