The Historie of Cambria, Now Called Wales:

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The first printed history of Wales. 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.