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Auction archive: Lot number 206

CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN, St. (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: Ralp...

Auction 08.06.2005
8 Jun 2005
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,727 - US$3,637
Price realised:
£2,880
ca. US$5,237
Auction archive: Lot number 206

CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN, St. (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: Ralp...

Auction 08.06.2005
8 Jun 2005
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,727 - US$3,637
Price realised:
£2,880
ca. US$5,237
Beschreibung:

CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN, St. (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° (193 x 136mm). Roman and black letter, woodcut title-border [McKerrow and Ferguson 160], woodcut busts and armorial shields, woodcut ornamental initials, woodcut printer's device on last page [McKerrow 211], with blank B4. (Without final blank, occasional light soiling.) Late 19th/early 20th-century dark burgundy morocco, panelled in blind, edges gilt, ms. binding instructions in faint pencil at top margin of second leaf (rubbed). Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). FIRST EDITION of this 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). The Historie of Cambria is dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney. In September 1583, David Powel (c. 1552-1598) was asked by Sidney's father, Sir Henry Sidney, lord president of Wales, to prepare for the press an English translation of the Welsh 'Chronicle of the Princes', commonly known as the 'Chronicle of Caradoc of Llancarfan', which had been left in manuscript by Humphrey Llwyd of Denbigh (1527-1568). Llwyd amplified the 'Chronicle' with a description of Wales by John Price manuscript and printed sources including Matthew Paris and Nicholas Trevet oral traditions, and his own glosses. 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.

Auction archive: Lot number 206
Auction:
Datum:
8 Jun 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN, St. (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° (193 x 136mm). Roman and black letter, woodcut title-border [McKerrow and Ferguson 160], woodcut busts and armorial shields, woodcut ornamental initials, woodcut printer's device on last page [McKerrow 211], with blank B4. (Without final blank, occasional light soiling.) Late 19th/early 20th-century dark burgundy morocco, panelled in blind, edges gilt, ms. binding instructions in faint pencil at top margin of second leaf (rubbed). Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). FIRST EDITION of this 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). The Historie of Cambria is dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney. In September 1583, David Powel (c. 1552-1598) was asked by Sidney's father, Sir Henry Sidney, lord president of Wales, to prepare for the press an English translation of the Welsh 'Chronicle of the Princes', commonly known as the 'Chronicle of Caradoc of Llancarfan', which had been left in manuscript by Humphrey Llwyd of Denbigh (1527-1568). Llwyd amplified the 'Chronicle' with a description of Wales by John Price manuscript and printed sources including Matthew Paris and Nicholas Trevet oral traditions, and his own glosses. 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.

Auction archive: Lot number 206
Auction:
Datum:
8 Jun 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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