Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards: JONES Edward (1752-1824) Publisher: Richard Rees and Goulding, D'Almaine, and Co. Publish Year: 1825 Publish Place: No 14, Percy Street, London. and Soho Square. London Illustrator: LOUTHERBOURG. JONES. Etc Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 004056 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Half Leather Book Type: Unknown Edition: Fourth Edition, with Additions. Inscription: Unknown £150 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 4th ed, 1806 and 1824 watermarks, 3 pls.. In half long grain worn morocco, gilt tooling, over 20c grey boards, corners a little worn & bumped. Spine, relaid, title faded. Internally, new end papers, has the uncoloured Loutherbourg frontis, [4], [1],(ii-iv), 185 pp, (1-123 pp of text, 124-185 music), 3 pls (1 dated 1808), light browning and foxing throughout, small ink notation at head of title page and at page 124, plus removed tape mark at tp gutter. The better 'fuller' edition. (Hotten 5204 p16. Not listed at Libri Walliae), See ODNB. Uncommon, COPAC shows copies at Liverpool and Oxford only, whilst WorldCat shows a copy at Yale. Title continues: Preserved by tradition and authentic manuscripts from very remote antiquity; and never before published: consisting of The National Songs and Airs of Wales, arranged with Variations for the Harp, Piano-Forte, Violin or Flute; A Selection of Pennillion and Englynion or Poetical Blossoms..... And a History of the Bards and Druids, from the earliest period with an account of their music and poetry. To which is prefixed, a dissertation on the musical instruments of the ancient Britons.
