John Pinkerton (1758–1826)

Review from The Correspondence of Thomas Percy and John Pinkerton, New Haven, 1985 p. xiv:
"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).… (més)

Book Description: Cloth with Leather Spine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 3rd edition of thei important early nineteenth book by john Pinkerton in two Volumes.deals with all aspects of coins and medals as seen at that time. Volume 1deals mainly with Greek and Roman coins and medals. Volume 11 deals with Britiahs coins and medals as well as Modern (-circa 1797) coins from Europe etc. Original cloth and leather bindings. Marbled end papers and edges. Binding tight.Vol.1 376 pp,plus index and appendisces-2 engraved plates.Vol.11-448 pages ,plus index and appendisces-2 engraved plates.… (més)