Critical Dissertations on the Origin, Antiquities, Language, Government, Manners, and Religion, of the Ancient Caledonians, Their Posterity the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots.
Critical Dissertations on the Origin, Antiquities, Language, Government, Manners, and Religion, of the Ancient Caledonians, Their Posterity the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots.

Critical Dissertations on the Origin, Antiquities, Language, Government, Manners, and Religion, of the Ancient Caledonians, Their Posterity the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots.

  • Macpherson, John
  • London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt 1768
  • ESTC T96376.

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FIRST EDITION, 4to, pp. xxiv, [ii], 382, [2, ads]. Contents leaf bound out of order. Modern half calf, marbled boards, spine divided by blind and gilt rolls, red morocco label. Some scattered spotting, title-page somewhat soiled. Scattered marginal pencil annotations.

Notes

The most significant work of John Macpherson (1713-1765), antiquary and minister on Skye. Published posthumously under supervision of his son, it found much praise among contemporaries, though Johnson dismissed it - not the only similarity it shares with the Ossian poems. Macpherson had met James Macpherson (no relation) in 1760, and their shared interest in Celtic antiquities led to an intermingling of their work: John provided old documents and leads during the hunt for Ossian material, while James adapted portions of this text into his later historical writing.
This copy has been lightly annotated by a previous owner, mostly on the Gaelic terms used.

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