MUSICAL AND POETICAL RELICKS OF THE WELSH BARDS

Jones, Edward

Published by Edward Jones, 1794

About this Item

1794. Very good condition with no wrapper. Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards: Preserved, by Tradition and Authentic Manuscripts, From Very Remote Antiquity; Never Before Published. To the Bardic Tunes are Added Variations for the Harp, Harpsichord, Violin or Flute: With a Select Collection of the Pennillion and Englynion, or, Epigrammatic Stanzas, Poetical Blossoms, and Pastoral Songs of Wales With English Translations. Likewise a General History of the Bards and Druids, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With an Account of Their Music and Poetry. To Which is Prefixed a Copious Dissertation on the Musical Instruments of the Aboriginal Britons. A New Edition Doubly Augmented and Improved. Large format. 13.5 x 9.5 inches. Full brown leather binding. Gilt titles, decorations and raised bands to spine. Marbled endpapers. B/w frontis after Loutherbourg. PLus one b/w plate of harps. viii + 183 pages including numerous pages of musical score. List of subscribers at front. Verso of frontis foxed. Some marks and browning to contents else generally clean. Board edges rubbed but overall a handsome copy. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!. Seller Inventory # 816482

Bibliographic Details

Title: MUSICAL AND POETICAL RELICKS OF THE WELSH ...

Publisher: Edward Jones

Publication Date: 1794

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket