![OLIN, Valerian Nikolaevich (1788-c.1840). Srazhenie pri Lore: epicheskaia poema iz Ossiana. [The Battle of Lora.] St. Petersburg: at the Navy Press, 1813.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CKS/2012_CKS_06769_0118_000(olin_valerian_nikolaevich_srazhenie_pri_lore_epicheskaia_poema_iz_ossi033802).jpg?w=1)
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OLIN, Valerian Nikolaevich (1788-c.1840). Srazhenie pri Lore: epicheskaia poema iz Ossiana. [The Battle of Lora.] St. Petersburg: at the Navy Press, 1813.
8° (240 x 192mm). Engraved head- and tailpiece vignettes. Contemporary red morocco, sides with a thin border of gilt sashes, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (some gilt lost, corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Tsarskoe Selo (stamp; pencilled shelf-mark '64/1').
FIRST EDITION. FROM THE IMPERIAL LIBRARY AT TSARSKOE SELO. Olin's free translation of Ossian, whose authenticity Olin defends in his introduction. Kilgour 797.
8° (240 x 192mm). Engraved head- and tailpiece vignettes. Contemporary red morocco, sides with a thin border of gilt sashes, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (some gilt lost, corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Tsarskoe Selo (stamp; pencilled shelf-mark '64/1').
FIRST EDITION. FROM THE IMPERIAL LIBRARY AT TSARSKOE SELO. Olin's free translation of Ossian, whose authenticity Olin defends in his introduction. Kilgour 797.
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