A History of the Island of Mona, or Anglesey;

Additional information

1st ed, VG, 1833. In green cloth, faded at edges, corners rubbed. Spine, title label faded, edges worn. Internally, [3], (iv) only, [1], 2-413 pp, [1]. [1], 2-61, [1], [2] index, [1] errata, some spotting to eps. A great copy of an elusive title. (269*218 mm). (Bibliog Hist Wales 122). Title continues: including an account of its natural productions, Druidical antiquities, lives of eminent men, the customs of the court of the antient Welsh princes, &c. : being the prize essay to which was adjudged the first premium at the Royal Beaumaris Eisteddfod, held in the month of August, 1832. Articles on the Description of the Island, Minerals and Fossils, Harbours, Population, Climate, Druids, Chronicles of the Princes, Royal Household, Beaumaris etc. LLwyd, was a member of the London Cymmrodorion Society and the recipient of several gold and silver medals awarded at eisteddfodau for prize winning essays. She also edited and published a new edition of Sir John Wynn 's The History of the Gwydir Family, 1827. See NLW WBO.