Illustrations of the natural Scenery of the Snowdonian Mountains:...

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G, 1829, 1st ed, 15 pls. In contemporary green cloth covers, corners and edges a little bumped and worn, couple of small marks to covers. Spine has no title, edges a little bumped and worn. Internally, pencil note to fep, front joints just starting, ffep has some creases, paper chipped at base, magnificent B&W frontis of Llyn Idwal from a sketch by HL Jones, printed by C Hullmandel, title page with some very light browning followed by 14 full size B&W plates with a fairly complete topographical description of Caernarvonshire, (viii), 54 pp, which includes the Appendix which contains a list of the Significations of the names of some remarkable places in Caernarvonshire translated into English from Welsh, a Table of Antiquities, and more importantly a Botanical List of Plants and where found, and finally A Table of Elevations, there is a tear to margins of text at p11, final blank creased, printed by Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand, London. A good copy of the rare Elephant Folio edition (17 * 14 inch). Title continues: Accompanied by a description, topographical and historical of the County of Caernarvon. Jones, inspector of schools and antiquary, brought the application of critical method to the study of Welsh archeology and history, leading to a break with Ab Ithel and the obscurantist school of Welsh historians associated with Iolo Morgannwg. Thereafter Jones dedicated the journal to rigorous historical scholarship, both through his own contributions in the form of learned articles and fine pencilled drawings of cromlechs and inscribed stones, and by providing an outlet for such gifted scholars as Thomas Stephens. See ODNB for a full Bio.