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The Transactions of The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
London: Issued by the Society, 1922.
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8vo. 128pp. Bound to style in quarter leather; maroon lettering piece, gilt; marbled paper boards. Woodcut vignette on the title and another above the colophon, Woodcut chapter heading and initial at the beginning of the Life. St Winifred, or St. Gwenfrewy, Abbess of Trefynnon and of Gwythenn,(d. 600 AD), was honored from early times in Wales as a saint. In 1136 her relics were translated to her shrine at the Benedictine Monastery in Shrewsbury. Two years later, her Life was written in Latin by Robert, Prior of Shrewsbury (d. 1167). Robert's Life was translated by 'J.F.' (probably John Falconer) in 1635, republished in 1712. Bishop William Fleetwood thought the translation so poor that he published this translation the following year, hence the statement 'Second Edition' on the title page. The removal of St. Winifred's relics to Shrewsbury was the basis for the first of the Brother Cadfael tales by Edith Pargeter, 'Morbid Taste for Bones'. Some soil to the beginning and ending pages, old library stamp on the verso of the title, else a very good copy in a fine binding of period design. ESTC T73725.
The Life and Miracles of St. Wenefrede, Together with her Litanies
(Fleetwood, William, attrib.)
London: Sam. Buckley, 1713.
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First edition. 28pp. Thin 8vo. Illustrated by the author. Green cloth blocked on the upper board in red in a design by the author, incorporating the title as well as Gwili. Charming illutrations throughout, some in two colors. Trace of soil else a fine copy. In dustwrapper which has a couple of short marginal closed tears and trace of soil else very good.
Gwili, The Story of a Baby Welsh Dragon
Daniel, Dilys M.
London: Museum Press, Ltd., 1946.
Price: $150.00
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A True and Faithfull Account of the Several Informations Exhibited to the Honourable Committees appointed by the Parlaiment, To Inquire into the late Dreadful Burning of the City of London. Together with other Informations touching the Insolvency of Popis
England and Wales. Parliament.
London: n.p., 1667.
Price: $1,500.00
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The Arthurian Material in the Chronicles, Especially those of Great Britain and France
Fletcher, Robert Huntington
Boston: Ginn and Company, 1906.
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Three parts in one. Small 8vo. (14)284,(6)pp. 18th century calf; spine in 6 comparments, gilt. Large printer's devices on each of the three title pages. The first part is an abridgement of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum by Virunio, a native of Treviso. He abridged Geoffrey's history under a commission for the family of the Badaer, prominent Venetians who were originally from Britain. Part 2 is the Itinerarium Cambriae by Giraldus de Barri, who preached throughout Wales in 1188. Part 3 is Giraldus' description of Wales. Rebacked with the old, somewhat worn, spine nicely and neatly laid-on. Loose bookplate of Thomas Edward Watson laid-in. A couple of old ownership signatures, some old marginalia, a few minor stains, else a very good copy. STC 20103. ESTC S114973.
Britannicae Historicae Libri Sex .... Itinerarum Cambriae .... Cambriae Descriptio
Geoffrey of Monmouth; Ludovico Pontico Virunio; Giraldus Cambrensis
London: Henry Denham, 1585.
Price: $3,500.00
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First edition in English. Large 4to. 2 vols. (12),cxcii,220,(4);(6),440,(4)pp. Indices. Complete with 59 engraved plates (including a hand-colored folding map) and a second large, hand-colored folding map at rear of Vol. II. Old calf over marbled boards (rubbed), tips worn. Spines in 6 compartments with raised bands; gilt. A few of the plates are foxed. A very attractive wide-margined copy. Lowndes says that the editor's annotations and notes are particularly valuable . Lowndes, p. 896.
The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales , A. D. MCLXXXVIII: Translated into English, and Illustrated with Views, Annotations, and a Life of Giraldus, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart.
Giraldus, Cambrensis
London: Printed for William Miller, 1806.
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First edition. Small folio. (viii), 78pp. Engraved frontispiece. Pp. 45-78 are full page engravings of music. Half leather, marbled paper boards. Includes a History of the Bards with an account of their music, poetry and musical instruments, and a section on the musical instruments of the Welsh, accompanied by a large engraving of those instruments. Among the music is the reputed first printing of the music to 'Nos Galan', now used in the popular carol, 'Deck the Halls'. The binding has at one time been restored, replacing the leather, new board paper with the original marbled paper laid down, and new free endpapers, though the pastedowns appear original. Plain leather spine. A very good copy. The work was later expanded in 1794 and 1824. A second volume, 'The Bardic Museum' was issued in 1802 and a third, 'Hen Ganiadau Cymru' in 1820. ESTC T115800.
Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards: Preserved by Tradition, and Authentic Manuscripts, from Remote Antiquity....
Jones, Edward
London: Printed for the Author, 1784.
Price: $1,200.00
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First edition. 4to. xx,112pp. Contemporary half leather, marbled paper boards; spine tooled in gilt into 6 compartments, with floral tools and Celtic harps. Full page, hand colored engraved frontispiece by Rowlandson showing a bard and his harp on a mountainside surrounded by local listeners. Pp. 61-112 consist in full page engraved plates of bardic music. This volume comprises the Second Volume of the 'Musical, Poetical, and Historical Relicks of The Welsh Bards and Druids'. Text includes Bardic Triads, Taliesin's Creed, British Proverbs and a Dialogue between Arthur and Guinevere among many other collected relics. A contemporary hand has altered the date and place of publication. Light rubbing and edgewear, armorial bookplate, else a very good copy of a landmark study. Preceeded by 'Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards' in 1784 (enlarged in 1794), and followed by 'Hen Ganiadau Cymru' in 1820. The three volumes collect 209 bardic melodies, most of them Welsh.
The Bardic Museum, of Primitive British Literature; and Other Admirable Rarities ....
Jones, Edward, Bard to the Prince
London: Printed for the Author, 1802.
Price: $2,000.00
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8vo. iv,248,(ii),100,pp. Two works bound in one Contemporary full calf binding; spine in six compartments with raised bands, tooled in blind with gilt lines; the upper board blocked in gilt with a prize notice with leaf borders: "Praemium Ingenii Artibus Liberalibus Feliciter Dediti in Academia Glasguensi". Marbled endpapers. Only a trace of wear else a very good copy.
England Wales, and Scotland
Kohl, J. G.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: $750.00
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8vo. iv,248,(ii),100,(ii),202pp. 32pp. publisher catalogue. Three works bound in one, the last titled at its beginning, England and Wales". Original greenish-brown T-grain cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with gilt spine titles. coated endpapers. Hinges neatly and nearly invisibly mended, head and tail of the spine worn, light wear to the edges and corners, else a very good copy.
Ireland, Scotland, and England
Kohl, J. G.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: $750.00
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Small folio. xii, 535,(i),(iii)pp. Original full calf. Spine in 7 compartments with raised bands, gilt; red leather lettering label, gilt (new), boards tooled in a paneled (Cambridge-style) design. Spine tips, edges and corners worn, spine gilt worn, hinges neatly mended, else a very good copy. Contains the names, dates of consecration, admission, preferment, removal or death of the archbishops, bishops, deans, præcentors, treasurers, chancellors and archdeacons ... To which is added, the succession of the prebendaries in each prebendal stall (of most of those erected at the reformation, and) continued down to this time: as also of the heads or masters of each college or hall in either of our famous universities, from their first settlement to this time. The whole extracted from the several registers of the respective cathedral or collegiate churches or foundations, as also from other authentick records and valuable collections. With the penciled signature of John Williams, 1858, and an old seminary bookplate indicating the Williams was the fourth Bishop of Connecticut. ESTC T111946.
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or, an Essay Towards Deducing a Regular Succession of all the Principal Dignitaries in Each Cathedral, Collegiate Church, or Chapel (Now in Being), in Those Parts of Great Britain Called England and Wales,: from the First Erection Thereof, to the Present Year 1715
Le Neve, John
(London) At the Savoy: J. Nutt, 1716.
Price: $400.00
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The Cambrian Biography; Or Historical Notices of Celebrated Men among the Ancient Britons
Owen, William
London: E. Williams, 1803.
Price: $350.00
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Poems on Several Occasions
Prior, Mat.
London: Jacob Tomson, 1709.
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Cambrian Bibliography: Llufryddiaeth y Cymry
Rowlands, William (Gwilym Lleyn)
Llanidloes: John Pryse, 1869.
Price: $150.00
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First edition. 8vo. (lxxxiv),288,(xxxviii)pp. Bound to style in full calf; spine in 6 compartments with raised bands; red lettering label, gilt. The boards have been tooled in blind in a Cambridge-style panelled design. Marbled endpapers. Imprimatur on verso of title page, and with five leaves of engraved heraldic plates of abbots and bishops. Engraved vignette on title page; errata notice on verso of last leaf. Gives in short form the foundation, order, dedication, and valuation of the monasteries; the Preface, though, treats of English monasticism, and an account of several orders. Society circular stamp on title page else a very good copy in a fine binding in period style. Wing T148B. ESTC R668.
Notitia Monastica, Or, a Short History of the Religious Houses in England and Wales
Tanner, Thomas
Oxford: At the Theater, 1695.
Price: $300.00
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Insulae Britannicae, The British Isles, Their Geography, History and Antiquities down to the Close of the Roman Period.
Whatmore, Arthur William
London: Elliot Stock, 1913.
Price: $175.00
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Small folio. (32)pp. Illustrated throughout by W. Mitford Davies with 10 full page, two-color illustrations. Cloth spine, glossy paper boards. Light soil and edgewear else a very good copy. According to the Introduction, these are stories told to the author in America by an 'Old Negro (hen Negro)'--Uncle Remus, perhaps?. There are 5 stories: Y Swper (The Supper); Y Babi Col-Tar (The Tar Baby); Y Gwningen Fach a'r Ceffyl (The Little Rabbit & the Horse); Y Gwningen Fach a'r Gwdi-Hw; and Y Gwningen Fach a Meistres Buwch (The Little Rabbit and Mistress Cow). In Welsh.
Y Gwninfen Fach a'r Hen Lwynog (The Little Rabbit and the Old Fox)
Williams, J. Ellis (W. Mitford Davies, illus.)
Llandybie (Wales): Llyfrau'r Dryw, 1957.
Price: $100.00
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