Mona antiqua restaurata

Title

Mona antiqua restaurata

Alternative Title

Full title: Mona antiqua restaurata : An archæological discourse on the antiquities, natural and historical, of the isle of Anglesey, the antient seat of the British druids : In two essays, With an appendix, containing a comparative table of primitive words, and the derivatives of them in several of the tongues of Europe; with remarks upon them : Together with some letters, and three catalogues, added thereunto. I. Of the members of Parliament from the county of Anglesey, II. Of the high-sheriffs; and III. Of the beneficed clergy thereof / By Henry Rowlands, Vicar of Llanjdan, in the Isle of Anglesey.

Creator

Henry Rowlands, 1655-1723

Publisher

Dublin : Printed by Aaron Rhames, for Robert Owen, Bookseller in Skinner-Row

Date

MDCCXXIII [1723]

Format

[8] , viii, 383, [5] pages, 10 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Description

Title page in red and black.

With a half-title page and a list of subscribers.

Letters by Edward Lhuyd.

Part II has special title page: The Second Essay : clearing some difficulties in the preceding accounts : enlarging on some passages thereof, and answering some objections which have been made thereunto.

Includes bibliographical references.

Provenance

The [4] pp. contents, sig.d. are bound in as the two final contents leaves.

"The Catalogue of the Sheriffs of Anglesey..." beginning on page 353 has handwritten additions to the list, continuing onto a page tipped in following page 358.

Presented by Principal Daniel R. Woolf [Gift2015]

Contributor

Lhuyd, Edward, 1660-1709. author of letters
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.

Language

English

Identifier

DA740.A5 R7 1723
ESTC, 139797

Files

DA740 A5 R7 1723.jpg

Collection

Citation

Henry Rowlands, 1655-1723, “Mona antiqua restaurata,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 3, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/106.