A History of the Island of Mona, or Anglesey;

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VG, 1833, 1st ed, 1 pl, 1 illust. In modern tan half calf, with tan cloth, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt titles to brown morocco label, some blind tooling. Modern endpapers, [3], (iv) only, [1], 2-413 pp, [1], 1 pl,1 illust, [1. [1], 2-61 pp, [1], [2] index, [1] errata. (267*215 mm). Articles on the Description of the Island, Minerals and Fossils, Harbours, Population-Climate, Druids, Chronicles of the Princes, Royal Household, Beaumaris etc. (Jenkins, Bibliography of the History of Wales 122). Title continues: A History of the Island of Mona, or Anglesey Including an Account of Its Natural Productions, Druidical Antiquities, Lives of Eminent Men, the Customs of the Court of the Antient Welsh Princes, &c Being the Prize Essay to which was adjudged the first premium at the Royal Beaumaris Eisteddfod, held in the month of August, 1832. LLWYD, antiquary, whose chief work, the History of the Island of Mona, 1832, gained the premier essay prize at the Beaumaris eisteddfod of 1833. Her voluminous MS. notes on history and antiquities, which are of considerable interest, are in the National Library of Wales. See NLW WBO for a full Bio.