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A copy of The Boke of Saint Albans by Dame Juliana Berners containing Treatises on Hawking, Hunting, and Cote Armour: printed at Saint Albans by the Schoolmaster-Printer in 1486 reproduced in facsimile with an introduction by William Blades ... (London, 1881), with all the capitals, marginalia, coats of arms and fly-leaves of the original Kyre Park copy facsimiled by Cyril Davenport; and correspondence relating to the same of the original Kyre Park copy and to the preparation of the facsimile, between the owner and Bernard Quaritch, William Blades, Cyril Davenport, Lord Amherst and Sir F. Gore Ouseley, 1882-1904.

A volume containing miscellaneous documents relating to Glamorgan, including a letter, 1780, from the bailiffs of Cardiff to the portreeve and burgesses of Loughor concerning a parliamentary election (f. ii); transcripts or abstracts of title deeds of lands in the parishes of Gelli-gaer and Llanfabon, 1783-1785 (ff. 1-7), Eglwysilan, 1813 (ff. 8-16), Geli-gaer, 1795-1806 (ff. 17-29), a lease of Pennsylvania meeting-house, Merthyr Tydfil for use by Methodists, 1796-1797 (ff. 32-36), Llysfaen, Llanedern, Michaelston-y-Vedw and Roath, [c. 1784] (ff. 37-39), Tirygwernllwyn, Merthyr Tydfil, 1823 (ff. 42-44), and lands in the manor of Llandaf and parishes of Llandaf, Whitchurch and Canton, [c. 1810], held by Francis James Matthew, earl of Llandaf, including recitals of deeds dated 1553-1740 (ff. 46-49); an extract from the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions relating to an action brought by the Rev. Edward Picton against John Davies, [c. 1830] (ff. 30-31); a quitclaim of Henry William, Cowbridge, to Henry Collins, Tre-gof, 1724 (f. 45); various related printed items and typescript notes by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher.

A typescript copy of the memoirs of Arthur Sydney Parfitt, 2002, as written by his son Lewis Parfitt. The work portrays Arthur Parfitt's involvement with the St John's Ambulance movement, and with the struggle to provide basic First Aid facilities at the pithead in South Wales collieries during the early part of the 20th century.

A collection comprising Welsh manuscripts dating from the 14th-15th centuries, transcripts by John Jones, Gellilyfdy and by Thomas Taylor Griffith, and North Wales pedigrees and armorial bearings.

One of five volumes containing 'Cyfansoddiadau Barddonol a Rhyddiaethol E[van] Edwardes, yn y drefn y'u cyfansoddwyd, gan ddechreu tua'r flwyddyn 1876 neu 7, pan yn yr U.C.W. Aberystwyth'. Besides original poems, translations and adjudications, they include notes of addresses given on such subjects as 'Defodau Eglwysig', 'Trichan-mlwyddiant yr Archddiacon Edmwnd Prys', 'Awr gyda Hen Ddiarhebion Cymraeg', 'Mynachaeth, Mynachod, a Mynachdai', 'Hen Arferion a Dywedion Cymru', 'Coelgrefydd a Dewiniaeth', 'Derwyddiaeth a Derwyddon', 'Lloffion o'm Dyddlyfr', etc.

One of five volumes containing 'Cyfansoddiadau Barddonol a Rhyddiaethol E[van] Edwardes, yn y drefn y'u cyfansoddwyd, gan ddechreu tua'r flwyddyn 1876 neu 7, pan yn yr U.C.W. Aberystwyth'. Besides original poems, translations and adjudications, they include notes of addresses given on such subjects as 'Defodau Eglwysig', 'Trichan-mlwyddiant yr Archddiacon Edmwnd Prys', 'Awr gyda Hen Ddiarhebion Cymraeg', 'Mynachaeth, Mynachod, a Mynachdai', 'Hen Arferion a Dywedion Cymru', 'Coelgrefydd a Dewiniaeth', 'Derwyddiaeth a Derwyddion', 'Lloffion o'm Dyddlyfr', etc.

A collection comprising transcripts of Llangeitho (Cardiganshire), Nantcwnlle (Cardiganshire) and Trefeglwys (Montgomeryshire) parish registers; material relating to Nantcwnlle, Cardiganshire; collections of Welsh proverbs; material relating to the Reverend Thomas Edwards, minister of Llanddeiniol; material relating to the Edwardes family and their property; poetry and other works, also miscellanea, of Evan Edwardes; an index of hymns; a copy of a Trefeglwys parish terrier, 1776, together with notes relating to Trefeglwys; etc.

Letters, papers, press cuttings, photographs and other illustrations, etc., [c. 1853]-[c. 1869], dealing mainly with the statue by John Gibson, R.A. (1790-1866) called 'The Tinted Venus' and probably collected by Mrs Robert Berthon Preston of Liverpool. There are numerous letters from Gibson to Mr & Mrs Preston, the other correspondents including Mr Preston, Owen Jones (1809-1874), Benjamin E. Spence (1822-1866), Lady Eastlake (1809-1893) and persons connected with the International Exhibition of 1862 held in London, where 'The Tinted Venus' was exhibited.

A book of maps of the estates of Thomas Edwards in Llandaff, Whitchurch, St Brides, Coyty, Caerau, Eglwysilan, Llantwit Fardre, Llantrisant, Llanblethian, Llanedern, Lisvane, Llanfabon, Michaelstone super Ely, Michaelston-y-Vedw, St George's and St Nicholas, and Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorgan, Bedwas, Machen, Mynyddislwyn, St Melons, Peterstone, Rumney and Rockfield in Monmouthshire, and Rowlstone in Herefordshire, surveyed and mapped by E. Thomas, 1776.

A photostat facsimile of the record of the trial of Michael Tillert, alias Michael Morgan, a native of St Bride's, Glamorgan, for heresy before the Inquisitorial Court in New Mexico, 1572-1574.

One of two volumes containing press cuttings, many of them from newspapers published in Wales and including material largely, but not exclusively, of Merioneth interest, broadsides, posters, leaflets, letters, poetry (including Pennill[ion] ar ddyfodiad William Robert Maurice Wynne Ysswain Aer ac Etifedd Peniarth iw oed, Chwefror 15 1861 ... by Robert Llewelyn Roberts, Llanenddwyn and a song on the same occasion by Harry William of Barmouth, formerly of Llanegryn), portraits, etc. The collection of the material was begun by William Watkin Edward Wynne (1801-1880) of Peniarth, Merioneth.

One of two volumes containing press cuttings, many of them from newspapers published in Wales and including material largely, but not exclusively, of Merioneth interest, broadsides, posters, leaflets, letters, poetry (including Pennill[ion] ar ddyfodiad William Robert Maurice Wynne Ysswain Aer ac Etifedd Peniarth iw oed, Chwefror 15 1861 ... by Robert Llewelyn Roberts, Llanenddwyn and a song on the same occasion by Harry William of Barmouth, formerly of Llanegryn, portraits, etc. The collection of the material was begun by William Watkin Edward Wynne (1801-1880) of Peniarth, Merioneth.

Five autograph letters and a telegram, 1899-1900, to J. T. Jones, Liverpool from Joseph Parry (1841-1903) and one autograph letter from J. Varley Roberts, Oxford, all relating to the Liverpool National Eisteddfod of 1900.

A composite volume containing verse and prose written in various hands, mainly of the 17th and 18th centuries, with additions of the 18th century.

Autograph letters, 1832-1879, to the Thomas family of Pantyclochydd and others in the Llanwenog district, Cardiganshire from relatives and others in New York, Cleveland (Ohio), Salt Lake City (Utah), Rhymney (Monmouthshire), Dowlais (Glamorgan) and Carmarthen.

A printed leaflet relating to the Haddenham Village (Buckinghamshire) Pageant held on Whit Monday (i.e. 20 May) 1929, which included a Druidical Whitsun Ceremony; also included is a copy of Invocation to [the] Sun given at the ceremony, and a letter dated 21 May 1929 from Walter Rose to Sir John Ballinger (1860-1933) relating to the ceremony.

A letter, 12 May 1893, to Arthur Charles Humphreys Owen (1836-1905), Glansevern, Montgomeryshire from Bulkeley O. Jones, Warden of Ruthin Grammar School, accompanying a copy of a manifesto, dated 17 April 1893, prepared by the Warden and others, including Alfred George Edwards (1848-1937), bishop of St Asaph, on behalf of the Governing Body of the school, giving their views as Governors against action contemplated by the Denbighshire County Education Authority and the Charity Commissioners in relation to the school, together with a note dated 8 May 1893 by Arthur Charles Humphreys Owen.

Rhestr o Ffugenwau Cymry ac Eraill, being a dictionary, compiled by Henry Blackwell (1851-1928), New York of Welsh bardic and other pseudonymous names, including those used by Welsh writers in the United States of America, etc.

A commonplace book kept by the Honourable John Scott, M.P. [? for Boroughbridge, 1802-5, son of the first earl of Eldon], in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. It contains poems, epigrams, epitaphs, parodies, metrical translations of the classics, etc., by J. Scott, W. 'Spencer, J. Fenton, and others, including ' Prologue to - Nothing, spoken at a Masquerade at Wynnstay, Septr. 1800, by a Character of a Strolling-Player' ; letters and copies of letters mainly to and from John Scott ; ' An account of the present State of England', by C. Heberden ; a copy of an address delivered at Oxford, June 25, 1800, by William Crow[e], entitled 'Oratio Crewiana'; miscellaneous quotations and extracts; etc.