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- [18 cent.] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
I: 16 pp., II: 12 pp. ; I: 150 x 95 mm., II: 158 x 101 mm.
Two small booklets in envelope.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Despite a not insubstantial literary output, David Jones ('Dewi Fardd') did not earn much repute as a poet, though he is noted for editing poetic anthologies such as Blodeu Gerdd Cymry (1759). In 1776 he established an extensive and successful printing press at Trefriw. The business was continued by his son Ishmael Davies, his grandson John Jones ('Pyll Glan Conwy') - who transferred the press to Llanrwst in 1825 - and his great-grandson Owen Evan(s) Jones, who traded under the name of 'O. Evans-Jones & Co.' David Jones was also a keen and diligent collector of ancient Welsh manuscripts, many of which have since been deposited at the British Library and the National Library of Wales.
Archival history
Formerly in the collection of Egerton Grenville Bagot Phillimore
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Scope and content
Two interludes, in Welsh, 18 cent., the first (incomplete) relating to Welsh chronicle from the time of Brutus to the time of George III in the hand of David Jones of Trefriw, the second (beginning imperfect) relating to the story of Cain and Abel. Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant (1739-1810) is known to have written an interlude on the latter subject.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 57B). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4284211. Date: 20040419. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 57) : Sewing loose. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 57B). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4284211. Date: 20070511. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: G. Edwards. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 57B) : Repaired folds and re-sewn to guards. Institution: WlAbNL.
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- Welsh
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Welsh
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Note
See also NLW MS 2620B
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Creator ref. no.: Williams MS 262
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 57B