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<dl><dd>[16], 22 pages, [2], 401 pages, [15] p. : 20 cm (4to)</dd>
<dd>Imprint supplied from colophon, with the printer's device with "1584" at head of page</dd>
<dd>"It is .. more likely that Caradog wrote his work in Latin than in Welsh". Cf. Dictionary of National Bibliography</dd>
<dd>The original Latin edition is not known. This English version was in fact assembled and translated by Humphrey Llwyd from various Welsh sources and expanded by David Powell</dd>
<dd>"A description of Cambria now called Wales: drawne first by Sir Iohn Price knight, and afterward augmented and made perfect by Humfrey Lhoyd gentleman", p. 1-22, 2nd count, has separate caption title</dd>
<dd>Pages 1-401, 4th count, is a section with famous personages with a woodcut portrait of each and their coat of arms, most of which are blank of any heraldic devices</dd>
<dd>"Dauid ap Owen", p. 227-229, makes reference to the voyage of Prince Madoc to Florida, antedating Spanish discoveries</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi⁸ (pi1, pi4 versos blank) A⁸ B⁴ C-Y⁸ 2A-2E⁸ 2F-2G⁴ (2G4 blank)</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>Title page printed within ornamental woodcut border; head and tail pieces; initials</dd>
<dd>Purchase; 04265</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Madog ab Owain Gwynedd, 1150-1180?; Wales -- History; Florida -- Discovery and exploration -- Welsh; Imprint 1584</div>
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Caradoc, of Llancarvan, -1147?</div>
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