The Gael and Cymbri.; Or an Inquiry in to the Origin and History of the Irish, Scoti, Britons, and Gauls, and of the Caledonians, Picts, Welsh, Cornish and Bretons
by Betham, Sir William
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About This Item
Dublin: WIlliam Curry, Jun. and Co, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. . vi,443,[1],[10]pp. Folding engraved frontispiece. Publisher's cloth (early diaper design), printed paper label. Index. Errata slip bound after the title. Bound, perhaps intentionally, without pp. vii-xx of the introduction sometimes found in other copies. Cloth lightly sunned at edges, label darkened and rubbed, else a very good copy. Old ownership name on front free endpaper. Sir William Bentham (1779-1853) was an antiquary who devoted much time to the preparation of catalogues and indices to collections of records. This work, his inquiry in to the origin of the Celtic peoples, devotes entire chapters to Gildas, Nennius and the Welsh Triads, all of which figure in Arthuriana.
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- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18140
- Title
- The Gael and Cymbri.; Or an Inquiry in to the Origin and History of the Irish, Scoti, Britons, and Gauls, and of the Caledonians, Picts, Welsh, Cornish and Bretons
- Author
- Betham, Sir William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- WIlliam Curry, Jun. and Co
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1834
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arthurian;
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