Collections by Edward Lhuyd towards his proposed topographical history and survey of Wales
MS. Rawl. B. 464
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Collections by Edward Lhuyd towards his proposed topographical history and survey of Wales
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 464
Summary
Containing notes in Welsh and English relating to many parishes in Denbighshire and Flintshire, with several in Merioneth and a few other counties.
Prefixed to the volume are:
(fol 1) "Epistola Joannis Merick, episcopi Sodorensis, de antiquitatibus insulæ Manniæ;" transcribed by Hearne from Cotton MS. Julius, F. x.
(fol. 6) Letter to B. Willis from Smart Lethieullier, on Ewenny priory, and monumental inscriptions in Norwich and elsewhere; Bond Street, 4 May 1736.
Date
late 17th-early 18th century
Language
Latin
English
Physical facet
On paper, in octavo
Physical extent
237 Leaves
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Collection contents
Rawlinson B: English History
Collections by Edward Lhuyd towards his proposed topographical history and survey of Wales
