The Historie of Cambria, Now Called Wales:

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First Edition, 1584, in speckled calf boards, corners repaired. Respined to style, raised bands, gilt title. Internally, lacking the title page, signatures (q2-q8), 1-22, [2] blanks, 1-217 , 208-209, 220-401 pp, [1] errata, [11] table, [1] imprint, woodcut illustrations, initials, and ornaments, odd pagination but complete, a few ink marginal notes, ink ownership (John Whittaker or Whitaker), book label to fpd (D. Tecyn Lloyd). (183*136 mm). (ESTC S121940. STC 4606. Sabin 40914. Anderson 334). A Description of Cambria (p 1-22), is a revision, by Humphrey Llwyd, of a work by Sir John Price. The title continues: A part of the most famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish language above two hundreth yeares past: This work was the first to attribute the original discovery of America to the Welsh in the 12th C and contains two very early references to King Arthur, including a description of the discovery of the bones of the King and his Queen. LLWYD (LHUYD), physician and antiquary. PRICE (or PRYS), notary public, the king's principal registrar in causes ecclesiastical, and secretary of the Council in Wales and the Marches. POWEL, cleric and historian; See NLW WBO for the above.