Beaumaris Bay, A Poem: [LLWYD Richard] 1752-1835 (Bard of Snowdon) Publisher: J Fletcher Publish Year: 1800 Publish Place: Chester: Foregate-Street Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006472 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Presentation Copy £60 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 1st ed 1800. In early 20c purple cloth, gilt title to spine. Internally, [4], [1], 2-56 pp, ink name to title page (? Roberts), new brown endpapers & eps, small binders label to fpd, 3 small bubbles to upper board, some light browning throughout, occasional pencil highlights, numerous blank leaves bound in at end. (8vo, 135*217 mm). (ESTC T115460 Allibone 1111). Title continues: with notes, descriptive and explanatory; particulars of the Druids, founders of some of the fifteen tribes of North Wales, the families descended from them, and quotations from the bards. With an appendix: containing an account of the battle of Beaumaris in 1648, and the taking of the castle. Llwyd came to be considered an authority on Welsh heraldry and genealogy' (DWB), and as a result was received into many aristocratic households. ODNB.