CELTIC RESEARCHES; on the Origin, Traditions & Language of the Ancient Britons; with some introductory sketches on the Primitive Society
by DAVIES, Edward
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About This Item
London: Printed for the author, 1804. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. x, lxxiii, 561pp., with 2 engraved plates of runes, subscriber's list, Bound in publisher's cloth, some soiled, worn at the extremities. Text some foxed and browned, a good copy. The author, a Welsh antiquary and curate affectionately known as "Celtic Davies", was involved with the recovery and re-invention of Druidic tradition and advanced some curious ideas with regard to the connection between the Hebrew and Welsh languages.Celtic Researches" is the best known and most important in Davies' canon (DNB V, 584).
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- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58400
- Title
- CELTIC RESEARCHES; on the Origin, Traditions & Language of the Ancient Britons; with some introductory sketches on the Primitive Society
- Author
- DAVIES, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the author
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1804
- Keywords
- Ireland
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- Foxed
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- Publisher's cloth
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- Soiled
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- First Edition
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