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- [1809x1813] (Creation)
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40 ff. ; 195 x 120 mm.
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Thomas Stephens (1821-1875), antiquary and critic, was born in Pont Neath Vaughan, Glamorgan. He worked as a chemist in Merthyr Tydfil. From 1840 he was known as an 'eisteddfodwr', winning the prize at Abergavenny in 1848 for his dissertation on early Welsh literature. Stephens was also author of several essays and other works, including The Literature of the Kymry, first published in 1849.
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Topographical collectanea relating to Glamorganshire collected by William Sargeant. This volume is numbered 199 in a series. Folio 2 carries a newspaper cutting from the Merthyr Guardian, 24 February 1844, entitled 'Antiquities of Neath' by 'T. S.' [Thomas Stephens].
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This volume is numbered 199 in a series. A similar volume of Pembrokeshire collectanea, number 203 in the series, is now NLW MS 1368B.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 13690B
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Watermark dated 1809.