Lhuyd, Edward.

ARCHÆOLOGIA BRITANNICA, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. By Edward Lhuyd M.A. of Jesus College, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Vol. I. Glossography [All published].

Oxford : printed at the Theater for the author, MDCCVII. And sold by Mr. Bateman in Pater-Noster-Row, London: and Jeremiah Pepyat bookseller at Dublin,, 1707. 1st Ed. Folio. [20],312,iv,[112],425-436,[4]p. Title page vignette. Light age toning, contemporary blind ruled panelled calf with blind motifs and filleting, some sympathetic restoration work to corners, some surface wear to boards, with to small pieces lacking towards fore-edge of upper board, rebacked in later gilt lettered morocco with repairs to upper joint.
¶ No more published. ESTC T116102 ’With a list of subscribers. Pp. 42-43 misnumbered 2-3; variant: pp. 41-44 misnumbered 1-4.’ Edward Lhuyd [Lhwyd; formerly Lloyd], (1659/60?–1709), naturalist and philologist. ODNB ‘... [the above work] went to the university press in 1703 and was published in 1707. It contains grammars of Irish, Cornish, and Breton; Irish, Breton, and Welsh vocabularies; catalogues of Irish and Welsh manuscripts; and sections on what would now be termed comparative etymology, describing rules of phonetic change ...’

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