Note 167 — BOOK VII[145]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Melchiore Cesarotti (1730-1808), born at Padua, a poet and miscellaneous writer. His translation of Ossian (1763) is his finest work, but he is also known for his Saggio sulla Filosofia delle Lingue (1785) and a number of prose and metrical translations besides that mentioned.—T.