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Reference 4296 (2420) Category Miscellaneous Author Robert Roberts Title Daearyddiaeth yn rhoddi hanes am yr amrywiol wledydd teyrnasoedd ac ardaloedd y sydd yn Ewrop Asia Affrica ac America (Geography gives a history of the various countries, kingdoms and areas that are in Europe, Asia, Africa and America) Publishing Information Wales: Gan G Fletcher, 1816 Description 1st Edition, Original copy: Welsh language throughout, title translates (Geography gives a history of the various countries, kingdoms and areas that are in Europe, Asia, Africa and America) Half title page His Royal Highness Prince of Wales.....This system of Geography in the language of a People. xvi, 548 pages. Original hardback leather covers. Pages 353 onwards and covers detached, text block still fairly solid. 6 folding maps original and present. Previous owners signature (Wheelwright) on front and rear end papers, on pastedown and on the back of one of the maps. Covers and pages grubby but all readable (if you can read Welsh), hardly surprising when the book is over 200 years old! Includes a 20 page Hefyd taflen yn cynnwys rhifedi trigolion holl gantrefydd a phlwyfydd Cymru yn ol cyfrifiad y llywodraeth arnynt yn 1811 (containing numbers of inhabitants all the villages and parishes of Wales according to the government's census of them in 1811). An ideal candidate for binding renovation. Price £75.00 Keywords ISBN Add this to your basket