Edward Jones letter, national airs,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 22068E.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004264908
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000264908
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1794, 1817 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 109 ff. ; 330 x 240 mm. Quarter-calf and vellum over boards.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A copy of Edward Jones, Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards ... (London, 1794), with a few annotations by John Dovaston. Among items tipped in are transcripts by Edward Jones of Welsh, English and Irish airs (ff. 1, 73, 106) and a letter from him to Dovaston, 16 January 1817, concerning Welsh folk-tunes and other national airs (ff. 74-75). The letter is in answer to Dovaston's letter of 25 December 1816, which is part of Cardiff MS 4.130.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 22068E.

Custodial History

Bookplate of J. F. M. Dovaston inside front cover; signature of John Dovaston, 1796, on ff. 5, 61.

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