Lot 286
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[Macpherson, James]--Thomas Travers Burke, translator
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 10 January 2007 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Temora: an Epic Poem of Ossian. Translated into English verse by Thomas Travers Burke. Perth: R. Morison, for the author, 1818, first edition, the translator's own copy with manuscript additions and corrections to the final section of notes, 8vo, half-title, contemporary crimson morocco, sides panelled in gilt and blind, spine gilt, gauffered edges
Footnote
Note: A superb copy in contemporary crimson morocco. The binding is unsigned but is almost certainly by D. Morison of Perth, son of the printer. The translator's own copy with manuscript additions: viz. "In the orthography (which I inserted as it was given me by a gentleman residing near the spot) there is, unquestionably, a mistake..."
Provenance: Conyngham Library, with bookplate. See Ramsden, p.211.