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Rev. Thomas Price, Carnhuanawc - The Literary Remains of the Rev. Thomas Price, Carnhuanawc Volume I.

Title: The Literary Remains of the Rev. Thomas Price, Carnhuanawc Volume I.
Description: Llandovery, William Rees, 1854. First Welsh Edition. Hardcover. Original Blue 1854 Good- Hardcover Gilt Harp on cover. Vol. I. only. 400 pp. B/W Illus Frontis Portrait. Complete No writing in texts NOT a library copy which alone is rare. Front board leans forward Gilt spine lettering. Thomas Price, Bardic name, "Carnhuanawc" was no Iolo Morganwg. Rev. Price was honest with his Celtic studies work while a product of his time. Here his far sighted understanding of Welsh Arthurian legend place in European literature as a humanizing presence and in respecting woman was far advanced in it's comparison with Arabic, and Classical Latin Literature. Carnhuanawc also understood the "likeness" in Brythonic and Gaelic Celtic culture, something sadly missing now. Here he translates and speaks of Irish, Welsh, and Breton culture in a intelligent clarity. "Tour through Brittany" includes costume drawings and insight as well as Manuscript Calligraphy and Breton Ballads with Music notation. Overall "Good' shape with flaws but rare, complete and amazingly clean and not a library copy. See our Scans Three Geese In Flight offering Celtic studies and Arthurian Legend since 1977. Good- .

Keywords: celtic rare welsh book celtic arthur breton costume welsh arthurian carnhuanawc welsh language cymru tour through brittany celtic studies titurel ancient irish poetry medieval literature celtic influence statutes of rhuddlan Irish Celtic Studies Cornish

Price: US$ 295.00 Seller: Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books
- Book number: 9000229

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