The cambrian wreath; a selection of English Poems and Welsh Subjects, original and translated from the cambro-british, historic and legendary, including wlesh melodies: by various authors of celebrity, living and departed

PRICHARD, T. J. Llewelyn [editor]

Verlag: Printed for the editor, by John Cox, Aberystwyth, 1828

Beschreibung

vi, [2], 200pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to lower board, spine dulled. Later ink and pencil ownership inscriptions to FFEP, scattered spotting. The provincially published first edition of itinerant actor and author Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn Prichard's (1790-1862) anthology of Welsh verse, both traditional and modern (including his own contributions), originally composed in, or translated into, English. Prichard is notable as the author of The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shà n Catti, descriptive of life in Wales: interspersed with poems (Aberystwyth, 1828), the first Welsh novel in English. Jackson p.535. Size: 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ30179

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The cambrian wreath; a selection of English ...

Verlag: Printed for the editor, by John Cox, Aberystwyth

Erscheinungsdatum: 1828

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First edition.