Book of Common Prayer in Welsh, Oxford, 1683, contemporary calf

Book of Common Prayer. Welsh

Llydr gweddi-gyffredin. A gweinidogaeth y sacramentau, a chynneddfau a defodau eraill yr Eglwys, yn ol arfer Eglwys Loegr, ynghyd a'r Psalwyr neu Psalmau Dafydd. Oxford, 1683

12mo (163 x 95mm.), contemporary calf with blind-stamped centrepiece, red morocco lettering-piece ("Welch Com. Prayer"), a few leaves untrimmed and unopened at foredge, binding slightly rubbed

RARE. We have not been able to trace any auction records for this edition; ESTC records five copies only.

LITERATURE:

ESTC R172843; Griffiths, BCP, Welsh 10; Wing B3672E

PROVENANCE:

Robert Price, inscription on flyleaf dated Ludlow, 29 July 1685, and the price 3s-6d; Robert Vaughan Hughes (1819-1901), of Wyelands (Monmouthshire), armorial bookplate