Catherine, Margaret, Aidus, Breudanus, and Tatheus.-Achau y Saint; Pedigrees of several British Saints, Account of Brychan, Prince of Brecknock, Ancient British History, etc. Together with Supplementary notes to Liber Landavensis. 24239 MABINOGION (The) from the Llyfr Coch o Hergest, and other ancient Welsh MSS. with English translation and Notes, by Lady Charlotte Guest, 7 parts in 3 vols. royal 8vo. numerous woodcuts and facsimiles of the old Welsh and other MSS. hf. morocco, gilt top, £4. 10s 1838-49 24240 24241 the same, 3 vols. impl. 8vo. LARGE PAPER, woodcuts, fine copy in brown morocco extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford, £21. 1838-49 a new edition of the ENGLISH VERSION only, with all the valuable Archæological notes, one handsome volume, royal 8vo. with the woodcuts of the large edition (pub. at 21s), hf. morocco, 18s 1877 24242 MARSH (J. F.) Annals of Chepstow Castle, or six Centuries of the Lords of Striguil from the Conquest to the Revolution, edited by Sir John Maclean, 4to. woodcuts of arms, cloth, 32s Exeter, privately printed, 1883 Containing the Histories of the Families of Fitz-Osbern, Clare, Marshal, Bigod, Plantagenet, Manny, Hastings, Herbert, Tudor, Somerset, Cromwell, and Mowbray. 24243 MEDDYGON MYDDFAI, Medical Practice of Rhiwallon and his Sons; with the Legend of the Lady of Llyn-y-Fan; edited by Williams ab Ithel, with notes and translations by John Pughe, 8vo. cloth, 10s 1862 24244 MEDWIN (Th.) the Angler in Wales, 2 vols. 8vo. fine fronts. and woodcuts, bds. 14s 1834 24245 MORGAN (Mrs.) Tour to Milford Haven in 1791, 8vo. bds. 3s 6d 1795 24246 MYVYRIAN (The) ARCHAIOLOGY of WALES, being a collection of Historical Documents from Ancient MSS. (by OWEN JONES, edited by Williams and W. O. Pughe), 3 vols. royal 8vo. cloth, £7. 10s; or, calf extra, £8. 10s 24246*MYVYRIAN ARCHAIOLOGY of Wales, new issue, thick roy. 8vo. cloth, 35s Denbigh, 1861-70 24247 NASH (D. W.) Taliesin, or the Bards and Druids, a translation of the Remains of the earliest Welsh Bards and an examination of the Bardic Mysteries, 8vo. cloth, 15s 1801 1858 24248 OWEN (W.) Cambrian Biography; or historical notices of celebrated men among the Ancient Britons, 12mo. bds. 2s 6d 1803 23249 PARRY (J. H.) Cambrian Plutarch; comprising memoirs of some of the most eminent Welshmen, from the earliest times to the present, 8vo. calf gilt, 4s 1824 24250 PENNANT (Thos.) A Tour in Wales, 4to. FIRST EDITION, 25 plates of Views and Antiquities, morocco, £2. 10s 24251 24252 1778 1779 Tour in Wales (with the Continuation), 2 vols. 4to. 62 Tour in Wales, 8vo. calf, 2s portraits and views, calf, 30s 1784-83 24253 PHILLIPS (Sir T.) Wales, the Language, Social Condition, Moral Character and Religious Opinions of the People, 8vo. cloth, 4s 24274 POWYS-LAND CLUB. Collections, Historical and Archæological, relating to Montgomeryshire, issued by the PowysLand Club, Vols. I to X, XII and XIII pt. 1, 8vo. plates and woodcuts of Seals, Arms, Churches, Ancient Utensils, etc. the first nine vols. in hf. calf gilt, the rest clean in parts, £2. 10s 1868-80 Subscription price, unbound, £1. 18 per volume. 24274*PRICE (Rev. Thomas, Carnhuanawe) Literary Remains, 2 vols. 8vo. portraits and cuts, cloth, rare, 20s 1854 REES (W. J.) Lives of the Cambro British Saints-see ante 24275 REES (R.) Essay on the WELSH SAINTS, or the Primitive Christians, usually considered to have been the founders of Churches in Wales, 8vo. cloth, 24s 1836 24276 ROWLANDS (Henry), Mona Antiqua, the Supplement, with Memoirs of Owen Glendower, 4to. sd. 5s 1775 24277 SCHULZ, the Influence of WELSH TRADITION upon the Literature of Germany, France, and Scandinavia, which obtained the Prize of Eighty Guineas at the Abergavenny Eisteddvod, 1840: translated from the German of Albert Schulz, Author of the Life of Wolfram von Eschenbach, etc. By Mrs. Berrington, 8vo. (sells, sewed, 6s), hf. bd. 4s 6d 1841 24278 SKENE (W. F.) The Four Ancient Books of Wales, containing the Cymric Poems attributed to the Bards of the 6th Century, 2 vols. 8vo. facsimiles and maps (pub. 36s), cloth, 30s Edinburgh, 1868 24279 SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE of Engineers, Transactions, from the beginning in 1857 to November, 1882, being Vols. I-XII and XIII parts 1-3, royal 8vo. with an immense number of plates, twelve vols. hf. calf neat, uncut, and three parts, £13. 10s Merthyr Tydfil and London, 1859-82 the same, Vol. I, III and IV, hf. calf, scarce, £3. 10s 24280 1859-65 24281 THOMAS (D. R.) Esgobaeth Llanelwy: A History of the Diocese of St. Asaph, thick 8vo. plates, hf. calf gilt, £1. 8s 1870 24282 VAUGHAN (Robert) British Antiquities revived, or a friendly contest touching the Soveraignty of the Three Princes of Wales in ancient times, with Pedegree of the Earl of Carbery and Account of the five Royall Tribes of Cambria, small 4to. vellum, £4. 4s Oxford, 1662 the same, sm. 4to. very fine tall copy in blue morocco, £5. 5s 1662 the reprint, with a Memoir of the Author, 4to. with pedigrees, cloth, 12s Bala, 1834 24285 WARRINGTON (W.) History of Wales, with Appendix, 4to. calf, 6s 24283 24284 1781 24286 WELSH PEDIGREES, sm. 4to. a clearly written MANUSCRIPT, green morocco, £18. 18s 1644 This is no ordinary compilation of scattered notes, but evidently a work of original research and great value by an antiquary of the first mark. The year 1644 was evidently that in which a large portion of the book was written, but there are additions of later date. There are also some historical notices and a few transcripts of old Welsh poetry, all written down about 1650. The autograph of "William Phillips his booke" at the end, represents the name of the owner, about 1680-90. WELSH MSS. SOCIETY-see ante p. 2072. 24287 WESTWOOD (J. O.) Lapidarium Walliæ; the Early Inscribed and Sculptured Stones of Wales delineated and described, 4to. pp. viii and 248, with 101 plates of Crosses, Pillars, and other Monuments, besides numerous woodcuts, cloth, 24288 WILKINS (C.) Tales and Sketches of Wales, 2 £3. 8s Oxford, 1876-79 series, in 2 vols. royal 8vo. cloth, 7s 6d Cardiff, 1879-80 24289 WILLIAMS'S ENWOGION CYMRU: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen; from the earliest times to the present, and including every name connected with the Ancient History of Wales; by the Rev. ROBERT WILLIAMS, M.A. (Author of the Cornish Dictionary), thick 8vo. 568 pp. (sells 16s), cloth, 10s 1825 24290 WILLIAMS' (D.) History of Monmouthshire, 4to. map and 36 views, with several additional engravings inserted, half calf gilt, £3. 88 24292 1796 24291 WILLIS (Browne) Surveys of the Welsh Cathedrals of St. David's, Landaff, St. Asaph and Bangor, 4 vols. 8vo. plates, fine copy in old calf gilt, £4. 158 1717-18-20-21 Welsh Cathedrals: Survey of the Cathedral Churches of ST. DAVID'S, LANDAFF, and BANGOR, 3 vols. 8vo. folding plans, calf, £2. 16s 1717-19-21 24293 WOODWARD (B. B.) History of Wales, 2 vols. royal 8vo. full of pretty plates of Scenery and Architecture, russia extra, 18s 1857 24294 WYNNE (Sir John) History of the GWEDIR FAMILY (edited by the Hon. Daines Barrington), sm. 8vo. first edition, £1. 24295 24296 London, 1770 1770 the same, sm. 8vo. calf neat, 25s 21s "The History of the Gwydir Family is the only one that gives any account of the state of society in North Wales in the 15th and the earlier part of the 16th centuries."-Preface. 24297 YORKE (Philip) Royal Tribes of Wales, 4to. 12 fine portraits, hf. bd. 25s Wrexham, 1799 LIST OF PORTRAITS:-Lord Charles Ellesmere, Sir Thomas Myddleton, Sir John Wynn, Humphrey Duke of Buckingham, Catherine of Beren, George Lord Jefferies, Chief Justice Vaughan, Sir John Trevor, Sir Orlando Bridgman, Humphrey Llwyd, Sir Thomas Hanmer, Sir William Williams. 24298 Royal Tribes of Wales, 4to. ILLUSTRATED with 110 ADDITIONAL engravings of portraits, views, &c., by Bartolozzi, Basire, Holloway, Marshall, Picart, Vertue, etc., half russia, uncut, from the Comerford library, £12. Wrexham, 1799 The extra illustrations include some very interesting and scarce portraits and views. VII. SCOTLAND. 1. Literature, History, Antiquities. 24301 Aberdeenshire. HAY (Sir Andrew Leith), Castellated Architecture of Aberdeenshire, folio, LARGE PAPER, 40 fine large lithographic plates on India Paper, cloth, rare, 36s Aberdeen (? 1848) 23302 ACTIS AND CONSTITUTIOUNIS OF THE Realms of SCOTLAND maid in Parliaments haldin by the rycht excellent, hie and mychtie Princeis Kingis James the first, second, third, feird, fyft, and in tyme of Marie now Quene of Scottis, viseit, correctit, and extractit furth of the Registers be the Lordis deputie be hir Majesties speciall commissioun thairto, anno Do. 1566-The Actis of Parliament of the maist hie Prince James the Sext begun at Edinburgh xv Dec. 1567; 2 vols. in 1, sm. folio, black letter, old panelled calf, margin of title cut off, from the Sunderland library, £6. 6s Edinburgh, R. Lekpreuik, 1566-7 The The The collection commonly known as the BLACK ACTS, VERY RARE, first contains 14 prel. leaves; and 185 leaves numbered to clxxxii. second contains xxiii numbered leaves; a portion of the last leaf (the table) wanting. 24303 ACTIS AND CONSTITUTIOUNIS OF THE REALME OF SCOTLAND maid in Parliamentis haldin be the rycht excellent, hie and mychtie Princeis Kingis James I, II, III, IV, V, and in tyme of Marie now Quene of Scottis, black letter, title as usual cut close, Edinburgh, R. Lekpreuik, 1566-ACTIS OF JAMES VI, black letter, 3 vols. ib. J. Ros, 1575-79, 4 vols. in 1, sm. folio, fine copy in old calf, £12. 1566-79 COLLATION: 14 preliminary leaves, and 185 numbered leaves; Actis of the Parliament of James the Sext, Edinburgh, xvth December, 1567, 24 numbered leaves-Actis of the Parliament at Striviling, xxviiith August, 1571, 16 leaves-Actis of the Parliament haldin at Striviling, 25th July, 1578, 23 leaves; Table, 3 leaves-Ane Proclamation for publishing the Actis, 1 leaf -Colophon, 1 leaf. This edition of James the Sixth's Acts, by Ross, is twelve years later than Lekpreuik's, and includes the Acts passed in the interval. 24304 ADAM (WILLIAM) VITRUVIUS SCOTICUS, being a collection of plans, elevations and sections of Public Buildings, Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Houses in Scotland, principally from the designs by the late William Adam, royal folio, 180 plates, hf. bd. from the Hamilton Palace library, £5. Edinburgh, 1809-10 The number of 180 plates is thus made up: In the series of 160 numbers, as given in the list of plates, nineteen numbers are repeated; and the book to be perfect must therefore contain 179 plates. But in this copy, there is, further, a second plate to No. 15, which is not mentioned in the list. 24305 ALEXANDER (William) [EARL of STIRLING] The Tragedie of Darius, 1604 The Alexandraean Tragedy, 1607-Tragedie of Julius Cæsar, 1607-Tragedie of Croesus, no title, P1607Paraenesis to the Prince, 1604-Aurora, containing the first fancies of the Author's youth (Sonnets), 1604-in 1 vol. sm. 4to. hf. russia, rare, £7. 10s Elde and Field, 1604-7 These beautiful Poems are so very rare that but few collections contain them. They are scarcely Scottish Literature, but as the work of a Scottish poet, may take their place here. In the Darius, Act iii, Sc. 3, some lines of the Persian king's soliloquy bear a strong resemblance to the celebrated passage in the Tempest, beginning with "The cloud-capped towers." The Tempest, in all probability, was written subscquently to Darius, so that Shakspeare appears to have borrowed the idea from Lord Stirling. The lines in Darius begin with "Let greatnesse of her glascie scepters vaunt." 24307 ANCIENT SCULPTURED MONUMENTS of the County of Angus, including those at Meigle in Perthshire and one at Fordoun in the Mearns, with descriptive Letterpress by Patrick Chalmers, elephant folio, 24 fine plates in tints, hf. bd. £6. 15s Edinburgh, 1848 Only one hundred copies were printed for presentation to the members of the Bannatyne Club. 24308 ANDERSON (Joseph) Scotland in Early Christian Times, the Rhind Lectures on Archæology, 1879-80, both series, 2 vols. 8vo. plates and woodcuts of Facsimiles of MSS., Sculptured monuments and other remains of Celtic Art, cloth, £1. 24309 1881 the same (First Series, 1879) 8vo. woodcuts and plates, cloth, 10s ARCHEOLOGIA SCOTICA -see p. 491. 1881 24310 PROCEEDINGS of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, a complete set from the beginning in 1851 to 1876, being vols. I-IX, with Appendix to the sixth volume, 26 thick parts, small 4to. profusely illustrated throughout with fine plates, portraits and woodcuts, some of the plates coloured, sd. £10. Edin. 1852-76 24311 Atlas. ARMSTRONG (Mostyn John) Scotch Atlas, or description of the Kingdom of Scotland, engraved title and table, and 30 coloured maps, 1787-SCALE (Bernard) Hibernian Atlas, or general description of the kingdom of Ireland, engraved title, dedication, preface, and table, 37 coloured maps and 37 engraved leaves of text, 1788-2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to. old russia extra, gilt edges, fine copies, £2. 16s see post LESLEUS and NICOLAY. 1787-88 24312 BALFOUR (Sir J.) Ballads and other fugitive poetical pieces, chiefly Scottish, from the collections of Sir James Balfour, sm. 4to. woodcuts, only forty-eight copies printed, bds. £2. 2s BANNATYNE CLUB-see ante, p. 2196. Edinburgh, 1834 24313 BANNATYNE MS. Ancient Scottish Poems, published from the MS. of George Bannatyne, 1568, 8vo. with Notes and Glossary, half red morocco extra, uncut, 20s (Edinb. 1770; Leeds, 1815) Published by David Dalrymple, afterwards Lord Hailes. 24314 BARBOUR (John) [The Actes and Life of the most victorious Conquerour, Robert Bruce, King of Scotland], small 8vo. (12mo.), blark letter, without title and eighth leaf of preliminary matter, vellum, extremely rare, £8. 10s 24315 [Edinburgh, Andro Hart, 1620] The Bruce, or the History of Robert I, King of Scot |