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Author: Rowlands, Henry: [Owen, Henry, ed.:]

Title: Mona Antiqua Restaurata. An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical, of the Isle of Anglesey, the Antient Seat of the British Druids. In two essays. With an appendix, containing a Comparative Table of Primitive Words, and the Derivatives of them in several of the Tongues of Europe; with Remarks upon them.Together with some Letters, and three Catalogues, added thereunto. I. Of the M

Publication: London: printed for J.[ohn] Knox, near Southampton-Street in the Strand, 1766.

Description: Second edition. 4to., pp. xi, [v], 357, [iii] + map frontispiece + 12 plates. Final leaf has a publisher's advert and errata. A few slight smudges and some faint pencil marks to margins but generally very clean. Contemporary tan speckled calf. Spine gilt with raised bands and red title label, small gilt crest to centre of each board. Joints worn with some areas of cords exposed, chip at tail of spine, corners frayed, very good.

The second edition of Rowland's (1655-1723) work, in which he hypothesises that Anglesey was an ancient Druidic centre and that Britain was initially established by the Phoenicians. The first edition was published in Dublin in 1723. Rowland had died in the year of first publication, and so it was left to Henry Owen (1716-1795) to correct and revise this second edition (London, 1766). An edition of supplementary topographical details overseen by Nicholas Owen (1752-1811) appeared in 1775. From the ESTC: 'In some copies the plates are numbered I-IX and XI-XIII but they are the same 12 plates. Thus in some copies the plate of a king is numbered X and in others it is numbered XI. This may be an error in plate numbering which was later corrected or possibly there was an intention to insert an extra plate "X".' In this copy, the plate of a king is numbered XI.

Bibliography: ESTC T139796

Reference Number: [55048]

Price: £325

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	Author: Rowlands, Henry: [Owen, Henry, ed.:] Title: Mona Antiqua Restaurata. An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical, of the Isle of Anglesey, the Antient Seat of the British Druids. In two essays. With an appendix, containing a Comparative Table of Primitive Words, and the Derivatives of them in several of the Tongues of Europe; with Remarks upon them.Together with some Letters, and three Catalogues, added thereunto. I. Of the M Publication: London: printed for J.[ohn] Knox, near Southampton-Street in the Strand, 1766. Description: Second edition. 4to., pp. xi, [v], 357, [iii] + map frontispiece + 12 plates. Final leaf has a publisher's advert and errata. A few slight smudges and some faint pencil marks to margins but generally very clean. Contemporary tan speckled calf. Spine gilt with raised bands and red title label, small gilt crest to centre of each board. Joints worn with some areas of cords exposed, chip at tail of spine, corners frayed, very good. The second edition of Rowland's (1655-1723) work, in which he hypothesises that Anglesey was an ancient Druidic centre and that Britain was initially established by the Phoenicians. The first edition was published in Dublin in 1723. Rowland had died in the year of first publication, and so it was left to Henry Owen (1716-1795) to correct and revise this second edition (London, 1766). An edition of supplementary topographical details overseen by Nicholas Owen (1752-1811) appeared in 1775. From the ESTC: 'In some copies the plates are numbered I-IX and XI-XIII but they are the same 12 plates. Thus in some copies the plate of a king is numbered X and in others it is numbered XI. This may be an error in plate numbering which was later corrected or possibly there was an intention to insert an extra plate "X".' In this copy, the plate of a king is numbered XI. Bibliography: ESTC T139796 Reference Number: [55048] Price: £325 enquire << Back
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