Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards:

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VG, 1794, New ed, 3 pls. In black half leather with marbled boards, corners and edges a little bumped and worn, boards lightly worn, previous owners name in gilt to black leather label to upper cover. Spine, gilt tooling and title, edges repaired. Internally, endpapers a little grubby, hinges strengthened, frontis (ink name to verso Mrs Wilson), engraved dedication leaf, [2], 183 pp, [1],(ii-viii) contents and subscribers list, 3 pls, pages 124-183 are engraved musical scores. (ESTC T116322. Graesse 475. Lowndes 1225. Allibone 987). Title Continues: Preserved, by tradition and authentic manuscripts, from very remote antiquity; never before published to the Bardic tunes added Variations for the Harp, Harpsichord, Violin, or Flute: with a select collection of the Pennillion and Eglynion, or Epigrammatic Stanzas, Poetical Blossoms, and Pastoral Songs of Wales, with English Translations. Likewise, a general History of the Bards and Druids, from the earliest period to the present time: With an account of their music and Poetry. To which is prefixed, a copious dissertation on the Musical Instruments of the Aboriginal Britons.