BOOK
Blodeu-gerdd Cymry. : Sef casgliad o Caniadau Cymreig, gan amryw Awdwyr o'r oes Ddiwaethaf. Yr hwn 'a gynnwys Draethiadau Duwiol, a Ddidanol ; y rhai ni fuant gyhoeddedig mewn Argraph o'r blaen. / O Gynnulliad David Jones o Drefriw..
- Date
- Yn y Flwyddyn MDCCLIX. [1759]
- By
- Jones, David, 1708?-1785; Prys, Stafford, 1732-1784; Jones, David, -1785; Samwell, David, 1751-1798; Charles, Edward, 1757-1828; Maggs Bros
- Notes
Digital image: Preservation copy archived by the National Library of New Zealand in TIFF.
Prefatory material signed (p. xv): "Dafydd Jones o Drefriw. Tan yr yw Mai 15. 1759."
List of subscribers: p. 534-535. Tailpiece.
"Y Llyfrau Cymraeg ac fydd ar werth gan Stafford Prŷs Printiwr a Gwerthwr Llyfrau yn agos i farchnad y Garddwyr neu'r Green Market"--Page [554].
Catchwords.
Signatures: a⁸ b⁶, A-2L⁸, 2M-2N⁴, O².
English short title catalogue, T190102
Title page ; Inscription Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2022.
The Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy lacks p. 287-288, replaced in ms. Title page mended, with on verso text filled in manuscript. Binding: gold tooled calf boards, rebacked with modern calf, blind tooled and gold tooled; date incorrectly given as "1739" in rebacked lower spine compartment. Upper text edge severely cut down, some foxing and worming. Provenance: ms. leaf describing provenance of the book in hand of John Jones 'This book was once the property of that elegant Poet David Samwell ... He was Surgeon of the Shop Discovery with Captain Cook and was an eye witness of the death of that celebrated navigator ... previous to his death he made a present of it to Mr Edward Charles & said that it was his constant Companion on the voyage around the World"; preliminary leaf signed "The Gift of Mr. Edward Charles the Bard" ; title page signed: "John Jones 1822". Purchased by the ATL from Maggs Bros, 2019. Acc. 407807.
Digital image available: title page, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.
Digital image available: inscription, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.
- Source URL
- Title page ; Inscription https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE52245351
https://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=NLNZ_ALMA11343961280002836&context=L&vid=NLNZ&search_scope=NLNZ&tab=catalogue&lang=en_US Archived copy available at the National Library of New Zealand - Related to
- Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection
- Publisher
- Argraphwyd yn y Mwythig : gan Stafford Prys, tros Dafydd Jones., Yn y Flwyddyn MDCCLIX. [1759]
- Format
- xxvii pages, i unnumbered page, 553 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 15 cm (8vo)
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