Galic Antiquities & History of the Druids
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Author: Smith, John
Title: Galic Antiquities: Consisting of a History of the Druids, Particularly Those of Caledonia; A Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian; and a Collection of Ancient Poems, Translated from the Galic of Ullin, Ossian, Orran, &c.
Place Published: Edinburgh
Publisher:T. Cadell & C. Elliot
Date Published: 1780
Description:
Author: Smith, John
Title: Galic Antiquities: Consisting of a History of the Druids, Particularly Those of Caledonia; A Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian; and a Collection of Ancient Poems, Translated from the Galic of Ullin, Ossian, Orran, &c.
Place Published: Edinburgh
Publisher:T. Cadell & C. Elliot
Date Published: 1780
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viii, 352 pp. (4to) 26.5x20.5 cm (10½x8¼"), early calf-backed boards, red morocco label. First Edition.
The Gaelic poems of Ossian were thought by Samuel Johnson, and later proved, to be fabrications by the "translator" James Macpherson.
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Boards worn, leather rubbed; earlty owner's name on title page; some foxing; very good.
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