Catalogue of Welsh manuscripts
- NLW MS 99B
- Ffeil
- 19 cent.
A catalogue of manuscripts in the library of the late Taliesin Williams (Ab Iolo), some of which are now at Llanover.
Catalogue of Welsh manuscripts
A catalogue of manuscripts in the library of the late Taliesin Williams (Ab Iolo), some of which are now at Llanover.
Family papers; catalogues; wrappers
Rhan oIolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo manuscripts and papers
Papers, [1827]-[?20 cent., first ¼], relating mainly to Taliesin Williams's relatives and descendants. These include a draft of Taliesin's will, dated 1842 (T13/1); various catalogues of the manuscripts and books of Iolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo, [1827]-1848 (T13/2); locks of hair belonging to Taliesin and family members, [1830s] (T13/3); miscellaneous papers, 1847-[c. 1908], mostly of Taliesin's son Edward Williams (1826-1886), the iron-master (T13/4); two notebooks containing English poetry, the one in the hand of Edward Williams, 1845-1848 (T13/5), the other in an unidentified hand, [19 cent., second ¼] (T13/6); three volumes of autograph English poetry, 1838-1861, by Edward's uncle, James Petherick of Cardiff and Aberdare (T13/7); and a bundle of old paper wrappers, [?20 cent., first ¼], containing notes in the hand of Edward's son Aneurin Williams, retained as evidence of previous attempts at sorting the papers (T13/8).
Williams, Edward, 1826-1886