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LOT 1669
Books - Welsh Language Bible
PUBLISHED 1769 A.D.
8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (1.53 kg, 22.5 x 14 cm).
Y Bibl Cyssegr-Lan Sef Yr Hen Destament A'r Newydd Welsh-language bible of Old and New Testaments, printed by M. and R. Baskett in London; leather-bound boards, original binding; owner's name 'Mary Deiuss' inked to inside front cover, with pen-trials and other marks; front page with owner's name 'Mary Davies' over year '1836' and several iterations of the name; various annotations and attempts to copy the printed script in handwriting on the title page of Genesis; usage wear to the covers and fore edge, blackening and crumbling; binding damaged and loose, some losses to corners; printed text in two columns with footnotes; detached leaf from book of Esau (Esay) in front; [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
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