Wales. Richards (The Late Rev. Thomas), Antiquæ Linguæ Brita...

Wales. Richards (The Late Rev. Thomas), Antiquæ Linguæ Britannicæ Thesarus. A Welsh and Englsih Dictionary [...], second edition, Trefriw: Printed and Sold by I. Davies, 1815, double-column, contemporary polished calf, rolled in blind, repaired joints, red speckled edges, 8vo; a contemporaneous, if slightly later edition, later reissued with a new c. mid-19th c title leaf, contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece, pastedown with library numbering, 8vo; Thomas (Mrs. D. Walter, Bangor) & Hughes (Mr. Edward, Swansea), The Cymric Language: Prize Essays, Cardiff: Printed by D. Duncan and Sons, 1879, half-title, original cloth, 8vo; Bridgeman (The Hon. & Rev. George Thomas Orlando), a 19th c sammelband of five genealogical works, The Princes of Upper Powys, s.l., s.n., n.d. [c. 1862], off-print; The History of the Princes of South Wales, Wigan: Thomas Birch, 1876; Some Account of the Families of Beysin, Morehall, and Clopton, Shrewsbury: Adnitt and Naunton, Oswestry: Woodall and Venables, 1878; Ancient Lords of Mechain, s.l., s.n., n.d. [c. 1863], off-print; [&] The Welsh Lords of Kerry and Arwystli, s.l., s.n., n.d. [c. 1868], off-print, Victorian maroon quarter-morocco over cloth, marbled endpapers, loosely-inserted later pamphlet, 8vo; Strachan (John), An Introduction to Early Welsh, Manchester: University Press, 1909, original cloth, 8vo; The National Library of Wales: Catalogue of Manuscripts & Rare Books Exhibited in the Great Hall of the Library, Aberystwyth: Printed at the Private Press of the Library, 1916, original wrappers, uncut, 8vo; etc., (8) Provenance: 1st: Richard Owen, Shop Keeper, Pencarnisiog, Aged 43. Feb:y 17, 1860; ffep with 19th c MS ownership inscription. 4th: 1) Reverend Ernest Richard Orlando Bridgeman (1851-1940), Rector of Blymhill, Staffordshire, the author's son; his Golden Age armorial bookplate, dated 1914. 2) Wilfrid James Hemp FSA (1882-1962), antiquarian and archaeologist, expert on medieval Wales; his armorial bookplates, inscribed in MS.

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