Jones, Edward, 1752-1824, The bardic museum , 1802
- Title(s):
- The bardic museum : of primitive British literature, and other admirable rarities : forming the second volume of the Musical, poetical, and historical relicks of the Welsh bards and druids ... : containing, the bardic triads, historic odes, eulogies, songs, elegies, memorials of the tombs of the warriors, of King Arthur and his knights, regalias, the wonders of Wales, et caetera : with English translations and historic illustrations : likewise, the ancient war-tunes of the bards ... to these national melodies are added new basses, with variations ... / by Edward Jones ...
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed by A. Strahan, for the Author, 1802.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 112 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsM1742.A2 J772 1802+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/865776
- Classification:
- Music (printed)
- Notes:
- "Jones had prepared a third volume, a portion only of which was published at his death, the remainder being issued subsequently."-- Cf. New Grove.
Frontispiece engraving by Thomas Rowlandson; after Julius Ibbetson and John Raphael Smith.
New Grove v. iv, p. 658
MUSRA: Bound with the author's Musical, and poetical relicks, 3d ed. London, 1811.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary quarter roan and marbled boards. Inscribed: Charlotte Leeds. - Subject Terms:
- Bards and bardism.Leeds, Charlotte -- Autograph .Music -- Wales.Strahan, A. -- Printer.Welsh poetry.
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1802.
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