CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN, Saint (d. c. 1150). The Historie of Cambria now called Wales written in the Brytish language above two hundreth yeares past . Translated from Welsh into English by H. Llwyd, and edited by and continued by David Powel. London: Ralph Newbery and Henry Denham, 1584. 4° (187 x 136mm). Title within woodcut border, woodcut busts, armorial shields, ornamental initials and printer's device. (Without final blank, title lightly trimmed at top edge, occasional light soiling and staining.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (some staining and creasing).
CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN, Saint (d. c. 1150). The Historie of Cambria now called Wales written in the Brytish language above two hundreth yeares past . Translated from Welsh into English by H. Llwyd, and edited by and continued by David Powel. London: Ralph Newbery and Henry Denham, 1584. 4° (187 x 136mm). Title within woodcut border, woodcut busts, armorial shields, ornamental initials and printer's device. (Without final blank, title lightly trimmed at top edge, occasional light soiling and staining.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (some staining and creasing). 'FIRST AND RAREST OF ALL EDITIONS' (Sabin). An early history of Wales from Roman times down to 1282, which remained the standard work on the subject until the 20th century. Caradoc was 'one of the brilliant band of men of letters that gathered round Earl Robert of Gloucester, the bastard son of Henry I' (DNB). Sabin notes that 'a special interest in this work for the American collector consists in its relation of the most ancient Voyage and Discovery of the West Indies, performed by Madoc, the sonne of Owen Guined, prince of North Wales, anno 1170'. Sabin 40914; STC 4606.
CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN, Saint (d. c. 1150). The Historie of Cambria now called Wales written in the Brytish language above two hundreth yeares past . Translated from Welsh into English by H. Llwyd, and edited by and continued by David Powel. London: Ralph Newbery and Henry Denham, 1584. 4° (187 x 136mm). Title within woodcut border, woodcut busts, armorial shields, ornamental initials and printer's device. (Without final blank, title lightly trimmed at top edge, occasional light soiling and staining.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (some staining and creasing).
CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN, Saint (d. c. 1150). The Historie of Cambria now called Wales written in the Brytish language above two hundreth yeares past . Translated from Welsh into English by H. Llwyd, and edited by and continued by David Powel. London: Ralph Newbery and Henry Denham, 1584. 4° (187 x 136mm). Title within woodcut border, woodcut busts, armorial shields, ornamental initials and printer's device. (Without final blank, title lightly trimmed at top edge, occasional light soiling and staining.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (some staining and creasing). 'FIRST AND RAREST OF ALL EDITIONS' (Sabin). An early history of Wales from Roman times down to 1282, which remained the standard work on the subject until the 20th century. Caradoc was 'one of the brilliant band of men of letters that gathered round Earl Robert of Gloucester, the bastard son of Henry I' (DNB). Sabin notes that 'a special interest in this work for the American collector consists in its relation of the most ancient Voyage and Discovery of the West Indies, performed by Madoc, the sonne of Owen Guined, prince of North Wales, anno 1170'. Sabin 40914; STC 4606.
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