Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards : preserved by tradition, and authentic manuscripts, from remote antiquity : never before published : to the tunes are added variations for the harp, harpsichord, violin, or flute : with a choice collecton of the pennillion, epigrammatic stanzas, or, native pastoral sonnets of Wales, with English translations : likewise a history of the bards from the earliest period to the present time : and an account of their music, poetry, and musical instruments, with a delineation of the latter / dedicated, by permission, to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, by Edward Jones, of Henblas, Llandderfel, Merionethihire.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for the author, and to be had of him, at No. 9, Princes-Street, Hanover-Square. Likewise may be had a book of sonatas, &c. composed by the same author, 1784.
Physical Description:
[8], 78 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3349804
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Arranged for keyboard instrument or harp, many pieces with figured bass.
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
Subject Terms:
Bards and bardism -- Early works to 1800. | Music -- Wales -- Early works to 1800. | Musical instruments -- Wales -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Welsh poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1784.
Contributors:
Hall, Charles, 1720?-1783, engraver. | Middiman, Samuel, approximately 1750–1831, engraver. | Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740–1812, ill.
