John Pinkerton (1758–1826)
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Œuvres de John Pinkerton
Modern geography. A description of the empires, kingdoms, states, and colonies; with the oceans, seas, and isles; in… (1807) 11 exemplaires
A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world (1808) 6 exemplaires
Sunbeam cycles : the story from the catalogues 3 exemplaires
Ancient Scotish poems : never before in print, but now published from the ms. collections of Sir Richard Maitland, of… 3 exemplaires
A dissertation on the origin and progress of the Scythians or Goths. Being an introduction to the ancient and modern… 2 exemplaires
A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world Volume 1; many of… (2012) 1 exemplaire
Walpoliana 1 exemplaire
Select Scottish Ballards 2 volumes. Bound in full C19the calf with al edges gilt, and with Vol II now re-backed… 1 exemplaire
voyages and travels in all parts of the world 1 exemplaire
An Essay on Coins and Medals 1 exemplaire
Select Scotish ballads. 1 exemplaire
Scottish tragic ballads 1 exemplaire
Letters of literature By Robert Heron, Esq 1 exemplaire
Scotish poems, reprinted from scarce editions. 1 exemplaire
Ansichten der Hauptstadt des franzoesischen Kaiserreiches vom Jahre 1806 an - Erstmals erschienen im Jahre 1807, neu… (1980) 1 exemplaire
Vitæ antiquæ sanctorum qui habitaverunt in ea parte Britanniæ nunc vocata Scotia vel in ejus insulis. Quasdam edidit… 1 exemplaire
Ancient lives of Scottish saints. — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1758-02-17
- Date de décès
- 1826-03-10
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Paris, France
- Lieux de résidence
- Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
London, England, UK
Paris, France - Études
- University of Edinburgh
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 48
- Membres
- 91
- Popularité
- #204,136
- Évaluation
- 3.0
- Critiques
- 29
- ISBN
- 13
"Pinkerton's publication in 1786 of Ancient Scotish Poems from the Maitland MSS.in the Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, did little to diminish the odium in which his name was by then generally held.* His edition of these poems ( of whose existence he had been told by Percy) was one of his most valuable contributions to scholarship, though, like most of his work, it is imperfect by modern standards. But the importance of the poems he edited was lost in the indignation caused by his attacks on the Old Testament in his introductory essay. 'It surprises me not a little to see you, in iur Essay, declare war against the Old Testament, but what you say will do little harm; for it is plain that you have not studied the subject sufficiently,' wrote Lord Hailes. 'I have only to beg that, in yiour future publications, that my name may not be mentioned as a correspondent of yours; at least, while you perceive no difference between Johovah and the demons of barbarous nations; or between the religion of the Jews and that of the Hottentots. Pinkerston appears to be unabashed ( p. xiv ).
*Pinkerton had already acquired the reputation as a literary forger (p. viii-xii).… (plus d'informations)