Fragments of ancient poetry, Collected in the Highlands of Scotland, and Translated from the Galic or Erse Language / The highlander : A poem

in Six cantos

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Author

James Macpherson

Language

English

Word Count

86,000 words, Guess

Page Count

344 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL58595359M
OCLC Control Numberbib_fict_4103326_1

Description

8vo. Calf, spine with elevated bars. Bound with four other works:<ul><li>William Mason, Elfrida, a Dramatic Poem. Written on the Model of The Ancient Greek Tragedy. By Mr. Mason. Edinburgh, Printed for for G[avin] Hamilton and J[ohn] Balfour, 1755;</li><li>[Arthur Murphy], The desert island, a dramatic poem As it is acted at Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London, Printed for Paul Vaillant, 1755;</li><li>Robert Blair, The grave. A poem. By Robert Blair. The Fifth Edition. Edinburgh, Printed for William Gray junior, 1751;</li><li>François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon, Advice and consolation for a person in distress and dejection of mind, with some thoughts on the remedys of dissipation. Wrote for the use of a friend by M. de Fenelon, Archbishop and Duke of Cambray. Translated from the French. Glasgow, Printed and sold by R. & A. Foulis, 1750. </li></ul> Fragments of ancient poetry: There are two copies in this collection. The present (f. [1] (blank), pp. 70, f. [1] (blank)) has manuscript contents on endpaper and on first blank. There is a signature of W. Tytler on its title page with a manuscript note on the actual author "by James Macpherson and published by Dr. Hugh Blair F.T.D." On the preface is a manuscript note "by Dr. Blair." The present work is the first edition of James Macpherson’s first collection of ‘Galic’ translations; a revised reprint of the same year contains one additional poem. See also ESTC, T83707. <a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991039123799707861" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a> The highlander: A poem: in Six cantos f. [1] (blank), pp. 82. Manuscript contents on endpapers. Very scarce first edition of the forger James Macpherson’s anonymous first book (original verse). Rare among educated Scots of his era in his familiarity with the Gaelic language and its still primarily oral literary tradition, Macpherson drew largely on both in his own early poetry, which brought him little critical success. ESTC, T107966 records the British Library copy (only) in England, three in Scotland, and four in America. <a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991041561259707861" style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15.3333px;" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a>

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