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An exercise book in the hand of D. Silvan Evans containing 'Attodiad i 'Lyfryddiaeth y Cymry', Gan Olygydd y gwaith hwnw', being a supplement to William Rowlands ('Gwilym Lleyn') (ed. D. Silvan Evans): Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry (Llanidloes, 1869). Among the insets are letters to D. Silvan Evans from E. R. G. Salisbury, Glan-Aber, Chester, 1870-1 (2), and the Reverend D. R. Thomas, St Mary's, Cefn, St Asaph, undated, a bibliographical note in the hand of J. Peter ['Ioan Pedr'], Bala, and copious printed cuttings of book titles.

A notebook in the hand of J. H. Davies containing a chronological list compiled in 1904 of printed books in Welsh and of Welsh interest, 1567-1899 and undated, in the library of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

A notebook containing lists, arranged according to size (folio, quarto, octavo and duodecimo and infra), of an unidentified library of books largely of Welsh interest but only occasionally in the Welsh language.

A notebook in the hand of J. H. Davies containing a chronological list of printed books in Welsh and of Welsh interest, 1599-1886 and undated, being the first lot purchased by him from William John Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd') 'a day or two' before the latter's sale [in April 1897]. At the end of the volume, partly in the hand of J. H. Davies, are particulars of gaps in files of newspapers, periodicals, etc. (Y Goleuad, Trysorfa y Plant, Welsh Gazette, and Welsh Piety) in the Cwrtmawr library.

Extensive material relating to Welsh bibliography accumulated by, and mainly in the hand of, D. Silvan Evans. It includes a volume entitled 'Bibliotheca Cambrensis. Llyfrofyddiaeth Cymru' ('A[u]ctore Dan. Silvano Evans, Cereticense') (pasted on to the inside lower cover is a holograph letter from the Reverend David Williams, Llanedy Rectory, 1868, giving the entry of baptism of John, son of John Walter, cleric and lexicographer, on 22 August 1721); a home-made notebook entitled 'Llyvryddiaeth Gymreig' (pasted on to the inside lower cover is a note in the hand of Benjamin Williams, ('Gwynionydd')); another home-made notebook entitled 'Emynau detholedig at Wasanaeth yr Eglwys. Rhag. 29, 1862', being a bibliography of Welsh hymnals and relevant source material; copious unbound leaves containing book titles (one of the titles is written on the dorse of a letter from M. A. Lewis, Tredegar Post Office, 1868, requesting the return of the writer's copy of 'Dr. J. D. Rees's Old Grammar'); and letters from John Peter ('Ioan Pedr'), Bala to [Henri] Gaidoz, 1870 (publications not contained in Rowland's work [Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry]), to D. Silvan Evans from W[illia]m Price, Llanffwyst, Abergavenny, 1869 (an addition to Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry), [Robert John Pryse] 'Gweirydd ap Rhys', Bangor, [18]78 (the title of Llyfer Plygain, 1618, transcribed by the writer from a volume examined at the Pengwern [Mostyn] sale in 1874), W[illiam] Rowlands ('Gwilym Lleyn'), Machynlleth, 1862-4 (4) (additions and corrections to [Llyfryddiaeth y Cymru], with references to Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir'), to [Jane] Davies, Penmaen, to W. F. Skene, etc., a request by a local printer to be allowed to print the recipient's edition of the works of [Walter Davies] Gwallter Mechain', the writer's removal from the manse to another house in Machynlleth and subsequently to Oswestry, the reported cataloguing of 'Llyfrfa Coleg Dewi' [the library of St. David's College, Lampeter], the illness and voyage to Australia of the writer's son), and from W[illiam] Spurrell, Carmarthen to [William] Rowlands ('Gwilym Lleyn') at Brynmawr, 1851-2 (2) (the writer's copy of Sion Dafydd Rhys's Welsh Grammar, biography of John Daniel, printer of Carmarthen). Some of the unbound titles are in the hand of Richard Williams (1835-1906), Celynog, Newtown and there is some later and additional material in the hand of J. H. Davies.

A chronological list of books and almanacs, largely of Welsh interest, 1517-1800 [in the Cwrtmawr library].

A notebook in the hand of J. H. Davies containing a chronologically arranged list of Welsh books and books of Welsh interest, 1517-1897 and undated [in the Cwrtmawr library]. Among a few relevant insets is a receipted invoice, 1896, for books purchased from D. Williams, Carmarthen.

A notebook in the hand of J. H. Davies containing a short list of Welsh books and books of Welsh interest, 1573-1760. Tipped in at the end are additional titles written on the dorse of a letter from Owen Jones, Esgerwenfach, Mydroilyn to J. H. Davies, [19]16 (the completion of an agricultural form).

A chronological list in the hand of J. H. Davies of titles of books in Welsh and of Welsh interest, beginning with 'Lancelot du Lac 1488' and ending with 'Psalmau Ed. Prys 1652'.