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.