Author: Thomas, John Jones.
Title: BRITANNIA ANTIQUISSIMA; or, A Key to the Philology of History (Sacred and profane).
Description: Melbourne: Henry Tolman Dwight, 1860. FIRST EDITION. Victorian cloth binding, blind stamped, with wear at the top and bottom of spine; rubbed, but firm; internals clean; Good copy of a scarce title with primary emphasis on the Druids, but has additional material on the Bardic tradition, and its symbols (includes a most interesting page relating the runes and to other Welsh symbolism, with a reference to Tantra. Two plates on colored stock. Three more volumes had been planned, but were not issued. Early Australian imprint. 216 pages. Octavo.

Keywords: Britain megalithic Druids bards runes occult ancient religion