The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory

Various [ed. by Rice Pryce Buckley Williames]

Published by H. Hughes 1829-1833, London, 1829

About this Item

The first edition of the complete five volume series on Welsh and Celtic history, rebound in half calf with marble boards. The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory, the complete five volume series encouraging the learning of Welsh and Celtic history, edited by Rice Pryce Buckley Williames. Published between 1829-1833. In half calf, with marble boards. Despite being an obscure area of British history and often underlooked, Welsh and Celtic history was a fascinating period that has greatly inspired literature, with this short-lived series celebrating such history. With various contributing writers, the series contains features on history, biographies, and translations of Welsh poems and tales. - Volume I: Includes History of Languages, Siege of Chester, Summer Rambles in Wales amongst many other features. Contains a folding family tree (1829). - Volume II: Includes Tour through Brittany, the Peasantry of Wales, Alynton: A Tale amongst many other features. Contains a folding family tree (1830). - Volume III: Includes Gauls and of the Armoricans, Emigrations from Wales, and Cambrian superstitions amongst many other features (1831). - Volume IV: Includes A Welsh Sheperd's Tragedy, Olion, and Formation of the St. David's Club amongst many other features (1832). - Volume V: Includes Gleanings by Death Bed-Sides, Ancient Money of Britain and Ireland, and On Chivalry amongst many other features (1833). In half calf, with marble boards. Externally, mostly smart, with the odd faint mark to marble boards. Slight browning to calf joints, minimal to I. Slight rubbing to edges, heavier to top edge of IV front board. Slight bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, and to the extremities. Marble end papers are bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedowns, with minor spotting on IV and V. Internally, generally firmly bound, with top half of folding family tree in Volume I loose, and minor wear to hinge between pp.150-151. Pages are bright and generally clean, with slight browning the odd leaf, mostly to first and final leaves, heavier to extremities of final leaves of I and IV Very Good Indeed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory
• Publisher: H. Hughes 1829-1833, London
• Publication Date: 1829
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: Unknown
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • British History