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1775 2 volumes THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN by James MacPherson antique

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1775 2 volumes THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN by James MacPherson antique

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THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN
by MacPherson, James.
London: Strahan and Cadell, 1775.
4to: 8 3/4 by 10 1/2"
xvi, 706, [2], xii, 656, [24] pp.
Bound in period marbled calf.
Excellent interior condition, some wear of bindings.
One board holding by only one cord.

James Macpherson (1736 – 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of epic poems.
He was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation.

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