ossian translated james macpherson (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Kl.-8°, Original half-leather with spine title and decorative lines in gold embossing, overall slightly rubbed. VI, 382 pages. The corners and edges of the inside covers show traces of a removed cover, the first and last pages are slightly yellowed. Endpaper with old signature in ink. Overall still in good condition. --- Original-Halblederband mit Rückentitel und -schmucklinien in goldener Prägung, insgesamt etwas berieben. VI, 382 Seiten. Die Ecken und Ränder der Innendeckel tragen Spuren eines entfernten Umschlags, erste und letzte Seiten sind schwach gelbfleckig. Vorsatz mit altem Nameszug in Tinte. Im Ganzen noch gutes Exemplar. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! LitFRe.

Tall16mo, 507pp, frontis. Patchy foxing throughout, offset from frontis on title. Original printed boards, bumped and worn, spine mostly rubbed away. Sound copy in original state. G.

Hardcover. 8°, 21 x 13,5 cm. Contemporary half-cloth with gold embossed title on spine. The binding is bumped and slightly rubbed overall. X (+II), 363 / 391 pages. Title page and its reverse side with stamp or signatures in old ink (Gymnasium Zeitz), endpaper and front inner cover with name and date in old writing. Brown spots in layers. Overall, however, clean and still in good condition. --- Halbleinenband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Der Einband ist randbestoßen und insgesamt etwas beschabt. X (+II), 363 / 391 Seiten. Titelblatt und dessen Rückseite mit Stempel bzw. Signaturen in alter Tinte ( Gymnasium Zeitz ), Vorsatz und vorderer Innendeckel mit Namenszug bzw. Datumsangabe in alter Schrift. Lagenweise braunfleckig. Insgesamt jedoch sauber und noch ganz gut erhalten. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! OesiVit1.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Ex-library. Some library markings. Rubber stamps on engraved title, the following letterpress title, and all page edges: "New Zealand Broadcasting Service". Some foxing. Rebound in red cloth boards, with green imitation leather panels laid down on spine. Cloth boards have a moire pattern. Later endpapers.; Volume Two only of two volumes. 234 pages + extra engraved title + 4 plates. Rebound in red cloth boards. Page dimensions: 138 x 87mm. Additional letterpress title following the main letterpress title reads: "Ossian's Poems, Translated by James Macpherson, Esq. Vol. II. Containing Carthon, Dar-Thula, Carric-Thura, Berrathon, Temora, Cath Loda. &c. &c. &c.".

Leather bound. Zustand: Very good. The Poems of Ossian, as translated by James Macpherson, published in 1805. (illustrator). Later Edition. Octavo, [three volumes], xvii, [3], 243pp, [1]; [6], 306pp; [6], 359pp, [1]. Finely bound in quarter red morocco, marbled paper-covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Solid text blocks, rubbing to boards and corners. Previous ownership inscription on title page, dated 1808. Features a frontispiece portrait of Macpherson in Volume I. James Macpherson claimed to have found these poems in the Scottish Highlands and translated them from the original Scottish Gaelic. This claim was doubted by scholars, including Dr. Samuel Johnson, resulting in a literary scandal at the time. Macpherson never produced the original poems.