The history of Wales

Title

The history of Wales

Alternative Title

Full Title: The history of Wales. Written originally in British, by Caradoc of Lhancarvan, Englished by Dr. Powell, and augmented by W. Wynne, Fellow of Jesus College, Oxon. To which is added, a description of Wales, by Sir John Price.

Creator

Caradoc, of Llancarvan, -1147? author

Publisher

London : Printed for T. Evans, at No. 50. in the Strand, near York Buildings

Date

MDCCLXXIV. 1774

Format

[42], xlii, 396, [16] pages, [1] folded leaf ; 22 cm (8vo)

Description

Titlepage in red and black,
With an appendix containing a collection of documents in Latin,
"It is more likely that Caradog wrote his work in Latin than in Welsh" (DNB), and the original English version "The historie of Cambria" was a text patched together from various sources.

Provenance

Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC

Contributor

Gift of Daniel Woolf

Language

English

Identifier

DA715 .C37 1774,
English Short Title Catalogue T144806

Files

DA715C371774.jpg

Citation

Caradoc, of Llancarvan, -1147? author, “The history of Wales,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 27, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/905.