1865 Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall

Description

First Edition, Leather Binding, Very Scarce

The first edition.

Bound in half crushed morocco with cloth boards.

A comprehensive dictionary of the ancient Celtic language of Cornwall, with copious examples from original Cornish works, accompanied by translations in English. With synonyms given in the cognate dialects of Welsh, Armoric, Irish, Gaelic and Manx, demonstrating the connection between them.

Written by the Rev. Robert Williams, the incumbent of Llandovery in Wales.

From the late seventeenth century, the slow disappearance of the traditional Cornish language attracted the interest of scholars and antiquarians, leading to a series of publications on the subject, including this one.

With two bookplates; one of English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar, C. M. Ingleby and the other of F. Arthur Wadsworth.