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A manuscript containing mystery plays in Cornish, with English translations and a Latin Preface, by John Keigwin (see Lot 1126 in the Sebright sale, 13 April 1807); and an elegy to King James in Cornish by Edward Lhuyd, with a translation into English by John Keigwin.

The file comprises a loose cutting, reporting a radio talk by Condry about Edward Lhuyd.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of pedigrees, letters of Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709), entries in the Clocaenog parish registers, and an account of the Civil War in North Wales; deeds of lands in Denbighshire, 1541, 1546; songs written for Royal British Bowmen meetings, 1824; englynion to Angharad Llwyd; notes written by John Lloyd (1733-1793), Caerwys, W. W. E. Wynne (1801-1880) and Edward Protheroe; letters to Angharad Llwyd from J. Kynaston Edwards and W. W. E. Wynne; etc.

A manuscript lettered 'Reliquiae Lhuydianae', being a composite volume partly in the hand of Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709). It contains accounts [1693] of 'L[l]yn yr Afangc' and 'Crigcaeth', published, with English translations by the Reverend Robert Williams, Rhydycroesau (who then owned the texts) respectively under the titles 'The Legend of Llyn yr Afangc' and 'Legends of Wales' in The Cambrian Journal (1859), pp. 142-150, 208-16, and reprinted respectively under the titles 'Chwedl Llyn yr Afangc' and 'Chwedl Crigcaeth ac eraill' in the Transactions of the Liverpool Welsh National Society, 1895-6, pp.99-105, 105-112; 'The names of Pools or Ponds in Merionethshire' and the names of pools in 'Angleyshire' [Anglesey] (Llyn Maen-meudwy, Llyn Coron) and Caernarfonshire (Llyn Drothwch) with a few notes relating thereto; notes on stones in Inisowen (Ynys Owen), co. Dunegall (Donegal); 'Responsa G. R. ad Quaestiones Dmi' E. Lh.' (an account of Snowdonia), 1693, and notes on urns and stones in Caernarvonshire and elsewhere, published in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1860, pp. 237-40. An English translation of the account of Snowdonia has been published in Frank Emery, 'A new account of Snowdonia, 1693, written for Edward Lhuyd', The National Library of Wales Journal, XVIII, pp. 405-17, where it is suggested that 'G. R.' was William Rowlands, later vicar of Conwy.

Deunydd yn ymwneud â phenddelwau o enwogion Cymreig a gomisiynwyd oddi wrth ac a grewyd gan John Meirion Morris, y gwrthrychau'n cynnwys y chwaraewr rygbi Ray Gravell, y naturiaethwr, botanegydd, ieithydd, daearyddwr a'r hynafiaethydd Edward Lhuyd, yr addysgwr Ifor Owen, y mynach a'r offeiriad Sant John Roberts, y bardd, hynafiaethydd a'r casglwr Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams), a'r beirdd Dafydd ap Gwilym, R. S. Thomas, Gwenallt (D. Gwenallt Jones) a Waldo Williams. Mae'r deunydd yn cynnwys gohebiaeth, drafft-ddarluniau, amcangyfrifon, ffotograffau a llungopïau o ddeunydd printiedig. Ymhlith y gohebwyr y mae'r gwleidydd a'r bargyfreithiwr Elfyn Llwyd, y caligraffydd, cerflunydd ac athro Ieuan Rees a'r ysgolhaig a'r gwleidydd cenedlaetholgar Edward (Tedi) Millward.
= Material relating to busts of famous Welsh people commissioned from and created by John Meirion Morris, the subjects including the rugby player Ray Gravell (1951-2007), the naturalist, botanist, linguist, geographer and antiquarian Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709), the educator Ifor Owen, the monk and priest Saint John Roberts, the poet, antiquarian and collector Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams), and the poets Dafydd ap Gwilym, R. S. Thomas, Gwenallt (D. Gwenallt Jones) and Waldo Williams. The material includes correspondence, draft drawings, estimates, photographs and photocopies of printed matter. The correspondents include the politician and barrister Elfyn Llwyd, the calligrapher, sculptor and teacher Ieuan Rees, and the nationalist academic and politician Edward (Tedi) Millward.

The file comprises miscellaneous articles and occasional correspondence, 1962-1986, on African wildlife, the habitats and behaviour of birds, especially the kite in Europe and in Wales, a Spanish nature reserve, the tercentenary of Edward Lhuyd and his discovery of the Snowdon Lily, plant hunting on Cader Idris and the natural history of Cardiganshire.

Five booklets containing transcripts by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), including a commonplace book of Dr Thomas Williams; letters to Edward Lhuyd from Sir Richard Mostyn, John Tibbots and others; letters from Humphrey Humphreys to Lewis Anwyl; 'Trioedd Ynys Prydain' with notes by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt [possibly related to NLW MS 2019C] (ff. 49-70); various texts written by Thomas Williams and Robert Vaughan; a Welsh-English vocabulary; pedigrees; etc.

Notes by Walter Davies on the pedigree of various branches of the Herbert family, and on Welsh grammar and philology; extracts from poems; a letter from Humphrey Foulkes [? to Edward Lhuyd]; etc.

Miscellanea mainly in the hands of John Jenkins and Walter Davies and relating to the history, literature, ecclesiastical affairs, and music of Wales; a document relating to the collation of Richard Humffreys to the living of Aberhavesp, February 21, 1628 9; a fragment in the hand of Edward Lhuyd; a letter from Maudline Nanne to Robert Vaughan, May 24, 1636; etc.

The file comprises a card index, the main sections referring to weather, the shape of the Snowdonia landscape (i.e. geology and scenery), natural history of wild plants and fauna, nature reserves, human history and man's impact on the landscape, various means of access for visitors to the area, miscellaneous entries, including a subsection on Edward Lhuyd, a list of places to visit, and records of photographs and bibliography, 1933-1985. Some entries are accompanied by fuller notes, especially on early Snowdonia naturalists and travellers, literary quotations and references, press cuttings, sketches and correspondence, including letters from Peter Benoit, 1960-1966, Arthur [Chater], 1984, Derek Ratcliffe, 1963, and Evan Roberts, 1962, all mainly concerned with wild plants.

A manuscript containing an original letter, 1699, from Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709); transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of other letters by Lhuyd; transcripts of Salusbury of Llewenni letters and of correspondence between Philip Yorke (1743-1804), Erddig, and John Lloyd (1733-1793), Caerwys (father of Angharad Llwyd), of papers relating to the manor of Chirk, and of Edward Lhuyd's memoranda relating to North Wales, particularly Anglesey; copies of Newmarket and Dymeirchion church inscriptions; lists of and extracts from various manuscripts; other miscellanea.