Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc Visions of the Sleeping Bard

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VG, 1940, 1 illustration. Limited edition, private press. In red quarter morocco over decorated plum coloured cloth, rounded edges, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, frontis, [4], (v-xi), [1], [1], 2-213 pp, [1], [1], 1 illustration (by Blair Hughes-Stanton). A couple of tiny spots to cloth, Welsh armorial bookplate to fpd, top edge cut remainder not, some faint edge browning, binders stamp to epd (Gregynog Press Bindery). An edition limited to 155 copies at 25s. Bilingual text, Welsh on Verso, English on Recto. (Folio, 205*280 mms). (Harrop 41, p207). The 24th edition of this Welsh classic and the translation is the 3rd to appear in English. Ellis Wynne appeared at a time when his country had sore need of him, when the appointed teachers of the nation were steeped in apathy and corruption, when ignorance and immorality overspread the land-the darkest hour before the dawn. He was one of the early precursors of the Methodist revival in Wales, a voice crying in the wilderness, calling upon his countrymen to repent. He neither feared nor favored any man or class, but delivered his message in unfaltering tone, and performed his alloted task honestly and faithfully. How deeply our country is indebted to him who did her such eminent service in the days of adversity and gloom will never be known. And now, in the time of prosperity, Wales still remembers her benefactor, and will always keep honored the name of Ellis Wynne, the Sleeping Bard. (Gutenberg Project)