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An important miscellany of Welsh prose and poetry, largely medieval, including otherwise unknown texts, many deriving from a lost MS of John Jones, Gellilyfdy. All in the hand of Edward Jones (see pp. 70, 129 etc.) and copied at various dates in 1748-1749. Imperfect at beginning and end. Includes: p. 10 Tri thlws ar ddeg. p. 11 'Henweu main mawrweirthiawg... '. p. 13 Natur anifeiliaid. p. 14 Trioedd arbennig. p. 16 Llythyr Publius Sentulws. p. 17 Cyneddfau dyn etc. p. 22 Trioedd serch etc. p. 23 Trioedd Taliesin etc. p. 35 Trioedd Mab y Crinwas. p. 40 Llyfr o ffedyginiaeth (medical recipes). p. 66 Ystoriau Catw Ddoeth. p. 71 'Llyfr o natur ac anian dynion a wnaeth Arestoteles i Alexander...' 'o lyfr a ysgrifennesid noswyl Saint y Catrin ...1476'. p. 78 Anian a chyneddfau dyddiau y lloer etc. p. 98 'Llyfr Sion ap Wiliam ap Sion o ben gerdd y beirdd' including poems attributed to Taliesin, Aneirin (englynion y misoedd), Cynddelw, Dafydd Hupynt and Bleddyn Fardd. p. 129 Translations into Welsh of texts by Seneca and Erasmus [see Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies XXIV, pp. 450-458, xxv, pp. 32-46]. p. 141 Lucidarius. p. 151 Cysegrlan Fuchedd. p. 170 Cywyddau by poets of XIV-XVI cent.

Two volumes of extracts made by William Thomas, Parkglas, Carmarthen, from a number of printed and manuscript sources, including the Thurloe State Papers in Dr William's Library, London, the King's Pamphlets in the British Museum, and the Register of Ffaldybrenin and Esgeirdawe during the ministry of the Rev. Rees Jones.

Memoranda and eisteddfod adjudications, unbound in envelope, by William Thomas, Parklgas, Carmarthen.

Poem in Welsh by John Toriel Williams, Seven Sisters, entitled 'Yr Anialwch'.

Autobiography in Welsh of the Rev. John Jenkins, Hengoed, together with sermons in Welsh.

Notebook containing accounts of the pedigrees of some Welsh gentry families, including those of Johnes of Dolau Cothi, Williams Wynn of Wynnstay, Gulstone of Derwydd, Mansels of Muddlescombe, Evans of Acheth and Highmead, Bowens of Llwyngwair, etc.

A collection of horoscopes, XVIII cent., drawn by Dr Ebenezer Sibly, transcribed from the MS of Dr Sibly by Frederick Hockley, 1833.

Three essays by John Rhys Morgan ('Lleurwg') entitled 'Hanes Jerusalem' (vol. 1), 'The Settlement of the Normans in Wales' (vol. 2), and 'Egwyddorion y Bedyddwyr o'r Oes Apostolaidd hyd yn bresenol' (vol. 3).

Scrapbook which belonged to Edward Thomas, Ogmore Junction Inn, Black Mill, containing 'Cofnodion o Gyfarfodydd Pwyllgor Eisteddfod Melin Ifan Ddu yr hon a gynelir Llun y Sulgwyn 1874', and press cuttings relating to the eisteddfod.

Six volumes, including one sermon in Welsh and five lectures in Welsh on religious subjects.

Album of miscellaneous press cuttings mainly of verse and obituaries of eminent people, etc.

Journals kept by [? John Bird, 1761-1870, according to a note inside cover of vol. 1]. The compiler kept a book and print shop in Cardiff and was an agent for the Marquess of Bute; vols. 1 and 2 appear to be drafts, the journal being written for his master. Very informative about public and legal matters in Cardiff and the surrounding area, 1790-1803. Vol. 1, 1790-1, vol. 2, 1792-1803; vol. 3, different in character, is a printed 'Marshall's Family Ledger' for 1826 with brief entries. See 'The Diaries of John Bird of Cardiff, clerk to the first Marquess of Bute, 1790-1803' (South Wales Record Society, Cardiff, 1987).

Copy of Richard Gething, 'Calligraphotechnica or the art of faire writing', c. 1616.

Treatises, in three volumes, in Latin on logic and philosophy, dedicated to St Stanislas de Kostka.

Volume entitled 'Description of Chepstow, Abbey Tintern, Piercefield, Monmouth, and Ragland from a MS written Nov 1758 by the Rev M Barford, fellow of Kings College, Cambridge'.