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SUPPLEMENTAL OBSERVATIONS
AUTHENTICITY OF OSSIAN'S POEMS.
BY JOHN M'ARTHUR, I,L. D.

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Volume 3
Description	Vol. III.
Shelfmark	Cam.1.b.5
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Poems of Ossian
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Description	" ... in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin by Robert MacFarlan ; together with A dissertation on the authenticity of the poems, by Sir John Sinclair ; and a translation from the Italian of the Abbé Cesarotti's dissertation on the controversy respecting the authenticity of Ossian, with notes and a supplemental essay, by John McArthur". Parallel Gaelic text and Latin translation on facing pages.
Shelfmark	Cam.1.b.13-14
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1807 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Latin language Scottish Gaelic language Epics Forgeries (derivative objects) Translations
Person / organisation:	Ossian, active 3rd century [Attributed name] MacPherson, James, 1736-1796 [Author] Macfarlan, Robert, professor of Gaelic [Translator] Cesarotti, Melchiorre, 1730-1808 [Author] M'Arthur, John, 1755-1840 [Translator] Bulmer, William, 1757-1830 [Printer]
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J. F. Campbell Collection
Description	Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection.

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.