[Rarebooks] OFFER: WELSH 18TH CENTURY POETRY AND PROSE.

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1.	ERSKINE, RALPh:  MARW I'R  DEDDF A BYW I DDUW : ymha un yr amlygir yn 
helaeth, y modd mae'r Yspryd Glan yn dwyn yr enaid o'r cyfammod 
gweithredoedd i'r cyfammod gras o'r hunan i Grist [The MARTYRDOM OF KING 
CHARLES; or his conformity with Christ in his sufferings : in a sermon on 1 
Cor. 2.8. preach'd at Breda before His Majesty of Great Britain and the 
Princess of Orange. June 3/13, 1649. Suppos'd to be the first sermon that 
ever was printed on occasion of the murther of the Royal Martyr Cyfieithwyd 
gan/Translated by: John Morgan.] Machynlleth : Argraphwyd, ac ar werth gan 
T. Evans[Published by T. Evans], 1791. 204 Pp. ; 17 cm. (12) First Edition 
in Welsh, ESTC, T134797, Libri Walliae, 1871.An early example of Covenant 
Theology. BOUND WITH BUNYAN, JOHN: TRAETHIADAU O WAITH YR ENWOG MR. JOHN 
BUNYAN : yn cynnwys, I. [Saved by Grace]. Cadwedigaeth trwy Ras, neu, 
Draethawd am Ras Duw ...; II. [The strait gate]. Y porth cyfyng, neu'r 
Anhawsdra mawr o fyned i'r nefoedd ...; at yr hyn y chwanegwyd III. [The 
last sermon]. Pregeth ddiweddaf yr awdwr ... Translated by Hugh Jones of 
Maesglasau. [Translations of Saved by Grace. Strait Gate. The last dying 
sermon of the author.] [Published at]  Caerfyrddin [Carmarthen] : 
Argraphwyd gan Ioan Ross,[By John  Ross]. 216p ; 17cm. Notes   Pts. 1 & 2 
have separate t.p.'s dated 1791 and 1790 respectively. Indexed In  Libri 
Walliae, 801. First Edition in Welsh. Unlocated in OCLC, ESTC, COPAC noted 
at Liverpool, Cambridge. Also in the Welsh National Library[2 
copies].  Original calf, raised bands, worn but sound, no title piece[none 
used]. Lacks Fr. Fr. EPs. And all blanks, OW Very Good.. $875.00

2.	[GURNALL, WILLIAM] Y CRISTION MEWN CYFLAWN ARFOGAETH : neu, Draethawd am 
ryfel y saint yn erbyn y diafol ... hefyd, arf-dy cael ei agoryd ... ynghyd 
a diweddiad dedwydd yr holl ryfel / [The Christian in complete armour. 
Welsh]   Lle gellir cael Argraphu pob math o Gopiau, yn hardd, | yn gywir, 
ac yn fuan, am Bris rhefymmol. Wyddgrug [Mold] : Argraphwyd dros y 
Cyhoeddwyr, gan E. Evans, 1775.  viii, 384 p. ; 21 cm. Translated by Thomas 
Humphreys of Edeym. This work, a devotional which taught how to live the 
true Christian life, was also used by the Covenant movement. The complete 
original title in English was:  The Christian in compleat armour; or, A 
Treatise of the Saints war against the Devil, wherein a discovery is made 
of that grand enemy of God and His people, in his policies, power, seat of 
his empire, wickednesse, and chief design he hath against the saints, a 
magazin open'd from whence the Christian is furnished with spiritual armes 
for the battel, help't on with his armour, and taught the use of his 
weapon, together with the happy issue of the whole warre.  First Welsh 
Edition. Unnoted in either either Libri Waliae, or ESTC. No copies listed 
at OCLC or COPAC There is a copy at the Welsh National Library, and another 
at the BL. Original calf, raised bands, worn but sound, no title piece[none 
used]. Lacks Fr. Fr. EPs. And all blanks, OW Very Good.  $875.00

3.	RHYS, EVAN THOMAS: DILAU'R AWEN : SEF, CRYNODEB O WAITH AWENYDDOL Y 
Diweddar Ardderchog Brtdydd Evan Thomas Rhys, O Lanarth, Ceredigion, (Yr 
HwnA Flodeuodd Tua Chanol Y Ddeunawfed Ganlif.)  Ac Eraill.  Wedi Ei 
Gasgli  Gan William Hughes Griffiths,  Tyhen, LLandysilio-Gogo. [The Rose 
Petals of the Muse  Which is a  Precis of the poetic work of the excellent 
poet Evan Thomas Rhys from Llanarth, Ceredigion (Cardiganshire) (Who Wrote 
in the Mid-Eighteenth Century) And Others Collected by William Hughes 
Griffiths. Aberystwyth: Argraffwyd Gan D. Jenkins, Heol Fawr. [Aberystwyth 
published by D. Jenkins] 1842. xii, 202 Pp., 18.5 cm. Quarter calf, gilt, 
titled and decorative spine, gilt owner's name on calf over front board 
"John James 1847." First collected edition of the works of one of the most 
respected 18th century Welsh poets. He was most active in the 1760s. "With 
a memoir by D. Owen `Brutus'." Includes a list of subscribers.  Unlocated 
at COPAC, OCLC, but there are copies at the Welsh National Library. Front 
blank and last leaf of subscribers list removed.~Binding worn, small repair 
to foot of spine, TP and some pages grimy as though turned by a not very 
clean hand, OW Very Good. $500.00

4.	THOMAS, JOHN, OF PENFFORDD-WEN: ANNERCH I IEUENGCTYD CYMRU : Yn IV rhan 
: I. Grammadeg, sef addysg i ddarllen, ymadroddi, ac ysgrifenu, yn gywir a 
rheolaidd, Gymraeg a Saes'naeg; ... : II. Rhifyddeg, ... : III. Naturiol 
athronddysg, ... : IV. Seryddiaeth, ... gyd a'r gelfyddyd o arddu, ... Ail 
arg. / gyda llawer o ychwanegiadau. Publisher       Gwrecsam : Argraphwyd 
gan A[nna]. Tye, [1815] viii,388p ; 18cm (12mo) Notes   Gyda wynebddalen 
ychwanegol yn yr iaith Saesneg ("An address to the youth of the 
principality of Wales") "Am ddysgeidiaeth, a threfn y llyfr &c." wedi ei 
arwyddo a'i ddyddio: J. Thomas. Rhagfyr, 1815 = "Am ddysgeidiaeth, a threfn 
y llyfr &c." signed and dated: J. Thomas. Rhagfyr, 1815. Rhan I (tud. 
1-164) wedi ei argraffu gan R. Jones, Dolgelleu = Rhan I (pp. 1-164) 
printed by R. Jones, Dolgelleu.[1815]. First Edition, Libri Walliae 
4824.  This is a vade-mecum, which includes Welsh grammar, Comparative and 
general Arithmetic, Science, Gardening, Astronomy. Unlocated at OCLC, 
COPAC, BL; found only at the Welsh national Library.. Original full calf, 
much worn but solid. Ownership inscription of Edw. Evans, Shoemaker, March 
16, 1839. About Very Good. $550.00

5.	[Welsh] 18th century Welsh Miscellany volume containing: JONES, EDMUND, 
1702-93. DWY BREGETH; Y GYNTAF, AM Y CREADURIAID YN MYNED I MEWN I ARCH NOA 
... Trefecca: Argraphwyd, 1782. 12mo, [iv] 72Pp. lacking the first 2 
sheets, including the title page. Libri Walliae no 2836, Unnoted at OCLC, 
COPAC. A sermon connecting God's rescue of Noah with the later rescue of 
men by Christ. BOUND WITH: OES LYFR YN DAIR RHAN : yn cynnwys I. Côf lyfr 
ysgrythurol; II. Am frenhinoedd y Bruttaniaid a thywysogion Cymru; III. Am 
frenhinoedd a brenhinesau Lloegr er y Concwest i deyrnasiad Siors III : yn 
rhoddi hanes am y pethau mwyaf rhyfeddol a ddigwyddodd yn eu teyrnasiad 
hwynt, sef, rhyfeloedd, plâ a heintiau, daear-grynfeudd, mellt a tharannau 
dychrynllyd, llifogydd mawrion, tân yn anrheithio trefydd ac eglwysydd : ac 
amryw bethau eraill na buont yn argraphedig o'r blaen yn Gymraeg : gwedi eu 
casglu allan o'r awdwyr goreu a ysgrifenasant ar y testynau hynny / gan 
Thomas William [A CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING WALES,WITH 
ALL  THE WELSH KINGS' REIGNS, GOING UP TO THE DATE 1760, Including 2 new 
entries not found in the first edition].  [4] [2] , 91 [i.e.92]p. Page 73 
is misnumbered 72 with the error carried on to the end. Argraphwyd gan I. 
Ross yng Ngaerfyrddin. M, DCC, LXVIII. [i.e. Printed by J. Ross at 
Carmarthen ...]. The verso of the title leaf is blank. The recto of the 
second leaf is headed "Y Rhagymadrodd" with the first line of text reading 
"Y Groesaw a'r cymmeriad a ddangosodd y". On the verso of the second leaf 
is to be found ""Llythyr at y Darllenydd". Lacking the title page, but with 
the poetic introduction[loose]. This was first published in 1724, this is 
the Second Edition, several further, later editions noted. Unnoted at OCLC, 
COPAC copy at the Welsh Na. Lib. only; Libri Walliae 5278. BOUND WITH 
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, of Pantycelyn: AURORA BOREALIS, NEU, Y GOLEUNI YN Y 
GOGLEDD FEL ARWYDD O LWYDDIANT yr efengyl yn y dyddiau diweddaf 
(neu,Shecinah'r Mil Blynyddoedd) mewn dull o lythyr oddi wrth Ermeneus y 
Lladmerydd at Agrupnus y Gwiliedydd / gan William Williams  Aberhonddu 
[Brecon] : Argraphwyd dros yr awdwr gan E. Evans, 1774. 24 Pp ; 18 cm., 
OCLC Nat. Lib. Wales only; Libri Walliae 5439; First Edition. The 
advertisement for Halleluia on P. 24, totals 11 lines. 3. Jones, Robert 
1745-1825.:BOUND WITH:  LLYTHYR A DDANFOANWYD AT WR URDDASOL.  Argraphwydd 
yn y Flwyddyn 1772. 24 Pp. The author was a Calvinistic Methodist preacher 
and author born in Caernarvonshire in north-west Wales. It first appeared 
under the title "Ymddiffyn Crist'nogol". Later editions are entitled 
"Lleferydd yr asyn". "Libri Walliae" suggests that "Llythyr" may have been 
printed by Richard Marsh at Wrexham.  Libri Walliae 3064. Unnoted at OCLC, 
COPAC, BL.  BOUND WITH Anon. SIAMPLAU OFNADWY DUW, AR DROSEDDWYR: Neu, 
Wirionedd a neillduol (EXAMPLES OF THE AWFULNESS OF GOD TO THE OFFENDER An 
unusual  New Truth.)  Hanes am JOHN WILLIAMS,... Ynghyd A Hanes William 
Reeves, Yr hwn Grogwyd yn Dorchester  ",  Mwythig Agraphyd tros Jon Lewis. 
(Pris Ceiniog). [1785] 8 Pp., [complete] 18 cm., of which the account of 
William Reeves is a part, is Libri Walliae, 5338. The Welsh National 
Library has only a photographic copy. Unnoted in OCLC, COPAC, BL.. This 
anonymous work is possibly based on material in contemporary English 
chapbooks or ballads. The group are bound in calf, untitled, binding rubbed 
and worn, lacking 2 inches of the backstrip. $750.00

6.	Wynne, Ellis:  GWELEDIGSETHEU Y BARDD CWSC. Y RHAN GYNTAF. [The VISIONS 
OF THE SLEEPING BARD] J. Eddowes: Y Mwythig, 1768. 12o., 102, [1 ] 
Pp.  This work is a prose and verse allegory in three sections, each 
closing with a poem; originally published, London, 1703,  possibly 
suggested by Quevedo's Visions, ergo a work of religious mysticism. "The 
greatest of Welsh prose classics"--Dict. nat. biog., v. 63.    There is a 
copy of this edition at the BL, [none earlier] but their copy lacks the 
final page of Ads for Eddowes publications, and is cut close. There were 
however two further earlier editions prior to ours in 1759 and 1767. Libri 
Walliae, 5589,  see Jones, Printing in Wales, P. 8, 10.  Welsh Nat. Lib. 
Has 2 copies. OCLC notes two locations of a 1767 edition, none 
earlier,  one at Brown, and one at Univ. College in Swansea, but gives no 
condition details; unnoted by COPAC, Bodleian has no copy earlier than 
1886, Not at Melvyl, Mirlyn, HRH, Harvard has no copy earlier than 1825. 
Original ¼ calf, marbled boards, Front hinge cracked, a Very Good copy. $775.00

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