Essays on various subjects, philological, philosophical, ethnological, and archaeological, connected with the prehistorical records of the civilized nations of ancient Europe, especially of that race which first occupied Great Britain / by John Williams
1858, 1st edition. London : John Russell Smith. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned, stained and rubbed as with age (with some tears to the cloth). Loosening pages and spine. Text remains clear and without blemish. Previous owner's bookplate and signature inside. Item #434833
Physical description; xii, 382 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; On Carn Goch, in Caermarthenshire -- On the early intercourse between the Eastern and Western world, and on Celtic coins -- On one source of the non-Hellenic portion of the Latin language -- The Virgilian cosmogony -- On the Aristotelian expression "Meta ta physika" -- A selection from certain archaeological papers, written by the Archdeacon of Cardigan -- Extracts from archaeological letters of the Archdeacon of Cardigan -- Extract from an unpublished archaeological paper -- On the megalithic structures in Auvergne -- Primitive tradition. A letter to the editor of the Edinburgh Review -- The antiquity of Celtic coins -- A few observations on certain very ancient traditions among certain primitive nations -- The ancient Phoenicians and their language -- The written records of the Cumri -- On the difference between the Cumraeg and the Gaeleg -- On the great ethnological theory -- On the antiquity of certain Welsh manuscripts. Subjects; Celtic studies. Ethnology Great Britain. Welsh language History. Archaeology and history Great Britain. History, Ancient.
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