File FB2/3. - Notebook of Edward Lhuyd

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FB2/3.

Title

Notebook of Edward Lhuyd

Date(s)

  • 1698-1699 (Creation)

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1 vol. (44 ff.)

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Field notebook in the hand of Edward Lhuyd, probably compiled during a tour in preparation for his proposed work on the topography and natural history of Wales, 1698-1699. The contents form an itinerary, starting at Kidwelly [sic] and recording the orientation and distance between each of the places visited, from Carmarthenshire through Cardiganshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire, Merioneth, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, back to Conwy and then Anglesey. There are occasional brief remarks on the landscape, weather, and Welsh names for the last three days of March and the first of April. On the penultimate page is a sketch of a starfish found near Harlech.

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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.

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  • English

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English.

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A typescript account of the manuscript’s discovery and contents is supplied.

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Other manuscripts and catalogues of Edward Lhuyd are in NLW, Wynnstay MSS 22, Peniarth MSS, Cwrt Mawr MSS; the British Library, additional MSS and Sloane MSS; the Bodleian Library, Ashmole, Lister and Aubrey MSS; the Royal Society HMC MS papers of British scientists; Cardiff Central Library; and Brighton and Hove Library, Bridson, Natural history MS resources.

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Number ‘13’ on front cover.

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No explicit description of this notebook has been found in the extant catalogues of Edward Lhuyd’s manuscripts by NLW, the Bodleian Library, or Angharad Llwyd, nor in the letters of William and Lewis Morris.

Note

Previous NLW reference 56/122.

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Preferred citation: FB2/3.

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vtls006728230

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Text: FB2/3 (Box 90).