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London: Edward Jones, 1811. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. LOUTHERBOURG.. VG, 1811, 3rd ed, 2nd part of 1st col. In contemporary boards, corners & edges bumped & worn. 20c soiled paper spine, printed titles to paper label. Internally, frontis, [4], 124-185 pp, 1 pl, music scores (104 approx), words and some historical notes, p 180/181 bound upside down, pencil note to tp. Uncommon. (Libri Walliae 2870). Title continues: Part the Second of the First Volume, containing the Music Only. 3rd edition, corrected, with additions. Jones, harpist and music antiquary, was a serious scholar who made a notable contribution to the antiquarianism which typified much of the scholarship of his period. His library was extensive, and his research into both primary and secondary sources, including the old Welsh laws and Welsh grammars, enabled him not only to present music, but also to write in some depth about it. See ODNB.

122, Mount Street, near Berkeley Square, London: Edward Jones, 1794. New Edition Doubly Augmented & Improved . Half-Leather. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. LOUTHERBOURG. JONES. . VG, 1794, New ed, 3 pls. In black half leather with marbled boards, corners and edges a little bumped and worn, boards lightly worn, previous owners name in gilt to black leather label to upper cover. Spine, gilt tooling and title, edges repaired. Internally, endpapers a little grubby, hinges strengthened, frontis (ink name to verso Mrs Wilson), engraved dedication leaf, [2], 183 pp, [1],(ii-viii) contents and subscribers list, 3 pls, pages 124-183 are engraved musical scores. (ESTC T116322. Graesse 475. Lowndes 1225. Allibone 987). Title Continues: Preserved, by tradition and authentic manuscripts, from very remote antiquity; never before published to the Bardic tunes added Variations for the Harp, Harpsichord, Violin, or Flute: with a select collection of the Pennillion and Eglynion, or… Read More

No 14, Percy Street, London. and Soho Square. London: Richard Rees and Goulding, D'Almaine, and Co., 1825. Fourth Edition, with Additions. . Half Leather. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. LOUTHERBOURG. JONES. Etc. VG, 4th ed, 1806 and 1824 watermarks, 3 pls.. In half long grain worn morocco, gilt tooling, over 20c grey boards, corners a little worn & bumped. Spine, relaid, title faded. Internally, new end papers, has the uncoloured Loutherbourg frontis, [4], [1],(ii-iv), 185 pp, (1-123 pp of text, 124-185 music), 3 pls (1 dated 1808), light browning and foxing throughout, small ink notation at head of title page and at page 124, plus removed tape mark at tp gutter. The better 'fuller' edition. (Hotten 5204 p16. Not listed at Libri Walliae), See ODNB. Uncommon, COPAC shows copies at Liverpool and Oxford only, whilst WorldCat shows a copy at Yale. Title continues: Preserved by tradition and authentic manuscripts from very remote antiquity; and never before… Read More

London: No 3, in Green Street, Grosvenor Square, London: Edward Jones, 1794. New Edition Doubly Augmented & Improved . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. LOUTHERBOURG. IBBETSON. SMITH. JONES. VG+, 2 Vols, 1794 & 1802. In attractive mid 19c half calf over red marbled boards (by Fazakerley of Liverpool), some gilt tooling, corners rubbed. Spines, rubbed, raised bands, gilt titles. Internally, Vol 1 - Welsh Bards, 1794, frontis, engraved dedication,[2], [1], (ii-viii), 183 pp, 3 pls, printed slip showing the change of publishers address to tp, ink name to frontis verso. Vol 2 - Bardic Museum, 1802, frontis, [3], (iv-xvi), [1], 2=-60 pp, [1], (xviii-xx), 61-112 pp, 1 pl (hand coloured), 1 illustration within text, title with contemp. ink note correcting the publishers address, some offsetting & occasional spotting. Both volumes, t.e.g., remainder yellowed, red marbled endpapers, binders stamp to verso fep, armorial bookplates to fpd & feps (Edward Samuelson… Read More

London: : Edward Jones, 1809. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. LOUTHERBOURG Philippe-Jacques de 1740-1812. and MIDDIMAN Samuel 1750?-1831 IBBETTSON. SMITH. ROWLANDSON.. 3rd edition, 1808 & 1st Ed, 1802 Two volumes, in 20C half morocco over boards, some gilt tooling. Spines, rubbed, gilt titles. Internally, Vol 1, 1808, 3rd ed, (Musical & Poetical Relics), frontis, engraved dedication, [2], [1], (ii-iv), 185 pp, engraved dedication, + 3 pls, pages 124-185 are of music, some offsetting. Vol 2, 1802, 2nd ed], Bardic Museum, frontis, [3], (iv-xx), [1], 2-112 pp, 1 hand coloured plate, 1 vignette and 2 printers devices, pages 31-112 are musical scores, with the inked out And Sold at line to tp. Vol 1 contains frontispiece drawn by Loutherbourg, engraved by Hall, with a landscape by Middiman. Vol 2 contains frontispiece by Ibbetson, and the landscape by J Smith, etched by Rowlandson. (340*233 & 344*241 2 mm)

London: The Author, 1784. Folio. Attractively bound in modern brown half calf with decorative sepia paper boards, raised bands on spine in compartments gilt, black morocco title label gilt. 1f. (frontispiece), [1f.] (title), 1f. (printed dedication), [iii] (list of subscribers), [iv] (notes on the pronunciation of Welsh), 44 (text), 45-78 (music) pp. Text except dedication typeset; dedication and music engraved. With a fine frontispiece etching by Hall and Middiman after a drawing by Loutherbourg illustrating the stanza from Gray's Bard printed as a caption to foot of the page: "On a rock whose haughty brow / Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, / Robed in the sable garb of woe, / With haggard eyes the Poet stood ..." Large vignette depicting Welsh musical instruments to upper half of p. 41 engraved by Thorntwaithe after a drawing by Edward Jones. Slightly browned, with occasional foxing. some annotations in pencil to music. First Edition. BUC p. 559. Lesure p. 336. RISM J607. Together with:… Read More