G 301

Essay on the Poems of Ossian (English)

19th cent. Paper. 30 × 19 cms. [iv] + 153 ff. Scribe: Edward O'Reilly. Bound in green boards with `Edward O'Reilly on Ossian's Poems' in ink and `10269', `244' labelled on spine. The number `812' and relevant excerpt from O'Reilly's sale-catalogue and `Phillipps MS 10269' on f. [i r]. Listed under `Ex bibl. Denley' in Phillipps's Catalogus. Purchased by the National Library for £3 from Sotheby (lot 244) 29 June 1936.

The volume consists of the `Draft and corrected Essay on the Poems of Ossian' by Edward O'Reilly. It was `read before the Royal Irish Academy who adjudged a Premium to it, though not the full prize offered March 1829' (f. [i r]). Writing mainly on recto.

A note of approval in pencil (now somewhat faded) from `M OR' (?) to OReilly is on f. [iii r].