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[BINDINGS -- FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS]. MACPHERSON, James (1736-1796). The Poems of Ossian. London:

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[BINDINGS -- FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS]. MACPHERSON, James (1736-1796). The Poems of Ossian. London:

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[BINDINGS -- FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS]. MACPHERSON, James (1736-1796). The Poems of Ossian. London: Published for William Miller, 1805.

3 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary straight-grain morocco gilt; edges gilt concealing FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS of outdoor city scenes.

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

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[BINDINGS -- FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS]. MACPHERSON, James (1736-1796). The Poems of Ossian. London:

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