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- 1797-1802 (Creation)
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350 pp. 238 x 182 mm. Half calf binding
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Formerly in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps
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A volume containing a collection of papers and letters of the Reverend Edward Davies of Olveston relating to the ancient language, topography and history of Britain, and more particularly of North Britain, including a number of letters, November 1797-March 1802, from Edward Davies to George Chalmers and William Owen Pughe and also a lengthy treatise comparing topographical names in Scotland and Wales (pp. 51-213). A printed sheet (p. 245) - drawn up by George Hardings, a Welsh judge and friend of Edward Davies - has been inserted giving particulars of Edward Davies's career and literary accomplishments, with the object of inducing subscriptions for his books. A copy of a book containing Edward Davies's letters to George Hardinge, printed by Hardinge and circulated privately, has been bound with NLW MS 145C but wants the 14th and 15th letters (pp. 247-340). An advertisement regarding books intended to be published by Davies has been inserted at p. 341.
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- English
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English
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Creator ref. no.: Williams MS 350; Phillipps MS 11627
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 145C
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- Celtic languages Topographical names, Scotland and Wales (1797-1802), NLW MS 145C, pp. 51-213 -- Comparison
- Names, Geographical Topographical, comparison with Scotland (1797-1802), NLW MS 145C, pp. 51-213 -- Wales
- Great Britain Material relating to (1797-1802), NLW MS 145C -- Antiquities
- Great Britain Ancient, material relating to (1797-1802), NLW MS 145C -- Languages
- Great Britain Material relating to (1797-1802), NLW MS 145C -- History