Antiquae Linguae Cambro-Britannicae, Nunc vulgo dictae Cambro-Britannicae,

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First edition of Davies' dictionary, complete. Spine in modern calf, raised bands, over contemporary speckled boxed calf, rubbed at edges, tips repaired. Internally, not paginated, signatures *1-*4, [1]ff Encomiastica, A-P4 (Btitannico-Latinum, Aa-Iii6, complete, with the rarely found Commendatory Verses, in triple columns, woodcut device to title, coat of arms to verso, numerous woodcut head and tail pieces, fragments of a Medieval Manuscript in Latin on vellum used as binders waste to gutters at ffep & ep, bookseller label to fpd (Edward Parry, Chester 1798-1854), ink name to fep (Lewis Gilbertson 1814-1896) with presentation label to College from Gilbertson, occasional College oval stamp (tp and ep). (Folio 279*190 mm). (ESTC S122150. STC 6347. Libri Wallia 1551). From the library of the late Rev Euros Wyn Jones of Anglesey. The Latin-Welsh was by Thomas Williams, edited by Davies who also edited the 1620 Welsh Bible, & a 1621 Welsh Grammar. The first Welsh-English Dictionary was by William Salesbury in 1547. Davies's achievements in propagating both the Bible and the Welsh language deeply influenced Welsh culture. Rowland Vaughan, a contemporary, described him as 'the only excellent Plato of our tongue', and Sir Glanmor Williams continues to see Davies as 'the greatest Welsh scholar of his age, if not of all time' (Williams, Recovery, 476). See ODNB