CELTIC RESEARCHES; on the Origin, Traditions & Language of the Ancient Britons; with some introductory sketches on the Primitive Society

DAVIES, Edward

Verlag: Printed for the author, London, 1804

Beschreibung

Large 8vo, pp. x, lxxiii, 561pp., with 2 engraved plates of runes, subscriber's list, Bound in publisher's cloth, some soiled, worn at the extremities. Text some foxed and browned, a good copy. The author, a Welsh antiquary and curate affectionately known as "Celtic Davies", was involved with the recovery and re-invention of Druidic tradition and advanced some curious ideas with regard to the connection between the Hebrew and Welsh languages.Celtic Researches" is the best known and most important in Davies' canon (DNB V, 584).

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 58400

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: CELTIC RESEARCHES; on the Origin, Traditions & Language of the Ancient Britons; with some introductory sketches on the Primitive Society
• Verlag: Printed for the author, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1804
• Auflage: First Edition.