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Miscellaneous notebooks and unbound papers from the library of, and largely in the hand of, Owen Jones (1833-99), Calvinistic Methodist minister, man of letters, book collector and bibliographer, of Liverpool and Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Montgomeryshire. They include a fragment of a late eighteenth century manuscript containing 'Carol Plygain' by John Cadwaladr, verses by Ellis William, Llwunc[y]nfal, etc. ('Howel Jones his Book ... 1792,' 'Howel Jones Llwyncunfal ... ber 1792'); a volume of poetry including three libretti entitled 'Samson (Cyfieithiad o waith [John] Mil[ton]', 'Deborah' ('Finis May 4th 1861') and 'Y Cread' ('11/3/62'), and Welsh and English originals and translations, 1860-3 (e.g. 'The Hymns of A[nn] G[riffiths] rendered into English', 'Gray's Elegy'); a draft list of 'Hen Ddiarhebion' [old Welsh proverbs] rendered into Welsh verse (nos 1-540; one section dated 3 March [18]63); copious draft bibliographies of prose and poetry works by individual Welsh authors; etc. The material was originally tied in a brown paper wrapper inscribed by J[ohn] B[allinger], 'Library of the late Rev. Owen Jones, notes lent to Mr J. H. Davies by Miss Janet Jones, & by him deposited in the N[ational] L[ibrary of Wales]. 15-12-[19]09'.

Two bound volumes made up of bibliographical notes by, and in the autograph of, the Reverend Owen Jones (1833-99), Liverpool and Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain, relating to books, 1551-1807 (474C, 1551-1771; 475C, 1772-1807), almost all of which appear to be in his possession. The notes are arranged according to a set pattern and contain important information about the Owen Jones Collection.

A register in the hand of the Reverend Owen Jones, Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Montgomeryshire recording books and periodicals purchased or occasionally otherwise acquired by him between 1844 and 1898, with separate columns provided for the source, the date of purchase, the title and the published and actual purchase prices.

A notebook almost entirely in the hand of J. H. Davies containing a chronological catalogue, 1551-1830, of the library of the Reverend Owen Jones (1833-99), Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Montgomeryshire.