Galic Antiquities: Consisting of a History of the Druids, particularly of those of Caledonia; a dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian; and a collection of Ancient Poems, Translated from the Galic of Ullin, Ossian, Orran, &c.

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FIRST EDITION, 4to, pp. viii, 352. Contemporary tree calf. Some spotting and browning. Rebacked with hinges relined, corners worn, boards scratched, large dampmark to rear endpapers. On the pastedown the armorial bookplate of James Erskine Esqr. (D. Lizars sc.) to front pastedown, above it a (not much later) library label with initials ‘E.L.S.’ below a shelfnumber and the motto ‘delectando pariterque mondendo’ within a wreath, below that the later bookplate of Duncan Cameron; on the flyleaf the ownership inscription of Mrs W. Lanchlan, 1867, while the title-page has the pencilled ownership inscription of James Erskine dated 1802, and an early (different) hand has quoted a line from p. 152 above the imprint. One or two pencilled marginal notes later on, probably by James Erskine.