The Welshman's Candle: or the Divine Poems of Mr. Rees Prichard, sometime Vicat of Landovery, in Carmarthenshire..

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VG, 1st English edition, 1771. In modern half calf, to style, over blue marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, [3], (iv-ix), [7] subscribers, [2] additional subscribers, [1], 18-480 pp, [4] contents & errata, ms genealogical notes to tp verso & final blank (John Williams & John Morgan). (Sigs: [1], A2, [7], B-Hh2), (Folio, 126*199 mm). (ESTC 136175. Graesse 442. Libri Walliae 4132). Although modern readers may find the language old-fashioned, the work remains an important landmark in Welsh religious literature and provides valuable insight into the beliefs and daily life of Wales in the 17th and 18th centuries.