A History of Printing and Printers in Wales to 1810, and of Successive and Related Printers to 1923: Also, A History of Printing and Printers InMonmouthshire to 1923W. Lewis (printers), limited, 1925 - 367 pages |
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Aberdare Abergavenny ABERTILLERY Aberystwyth Advertiser aged appears Argraffwyd Argraphwyd gan Bala Bangor Baptist Bedyddwyr Bird bookseller born Brecon Broster BRYNMAWR Cambrian Cambrian Bibliography Cardiff Cardiff Welsh Library Carmarthen Carnarvon Charles Chepstow Church Co.'s directory Commercial Street Cowbridge Cymru dated Davies death died Dolgelly edition Edward Evans father foolscap 8vo George Griffiths Gwent Hanes Henry Hughes High Street Howell Harris imprint issued James Jenkins John Williams Jones's July June Lewis Llanelly Llewelyn Lloyd London Machynlleth master-printer Merthyr Merthyr Tydfil Miles Harri Monmouth Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Merlin monthly Morgan Morris Newport newspaper Owen paper parish partnership Pigot & Co.'s Pontypool printed and published printer printing-office proprietor Rees removed Rhys Robert Rowlands Samuel Saunderson Sept Seren Gomer South Wales Star of Gwent Swansea Thomas Gee Thomas Jones titlepage trading Traethodydd Tredegar Trevecca Walters weekly Wrexham
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Page 8 - A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe moche necessary to all suche Welshemen as wil spedly learne the englyshe togue thought vnto the kynges maiestie very mete to be sette fortlie to the vse of his graces subiectes in Wales: wherevnto is pfixed a litle treatyse of the englyshe pronuciaciou of the letters, by Wyllyam Salesbury.
Page 52 - Well-sounding verses are the charm we use, Heroic thoughts and virtue to infuse : Things of deep sense we may in prose unfold, But they move more in lofty numbers told. By the loud trumpet, which our courage aids, We learn that sound, as well as sense, persuades. The Muses...
Page 2 - Every Printing-house is by the Custom of Time out of mind, called a Chappel: and all the Workmen that belong to it are Members of the Chappel: and the oldest Freeman is Father of the Chappel.
Page 19 - High Court of Parliament in the behalf of the country of Wales that some order may be taken for the preaching of the Gospel among those people...
Page 29 - PEGASUS, or the flying horse from Oxford. Bringing the proceedings of the visitours and other bedlamites there, by command of the Earle of Montgomery. [By Thomas BARLOW, DD] Printed, at Mongomery, heretofore called Oxford.
Page 16 - A viewe of some part of such publike wants &? disorders as are in the seruice of God, within her Maiesties countrie of Wales, togither with an humble Petition, vnto this high Court of Parliament for their speedy redresse.
Page 17 - When Walde-graues goods was to be spoiled and defaced /there were some printers / that rather then all the goods should be spoyled / offered money for it / towardes the reliefe of the mans wife and children /but this coulde not be obtayned / and yet popishe Thackwell / though hee printed popish and trayterous bookes / may haue the fauor to make money of his presse and letters.
Page 20 - Briiikly, a vertuous gentleman that translated Loartes book under the name of James Sanker, and Mr Flinton, an honest marchant, who both of them did help me to set forth my 2d edition of the book of Resolution much augmented.
Page 17 - Walde-graue / who neuer printed book against you / that contayneth eyther treason or impietie. Thackwell is at libertie to walke where he will /and permitted to make the most he could of his presse and letters : whereas Robert Walde-graue dares not shew his face for the bloodthirstie desire you haue for his life / onely for printing of bookes which toucheth the bishops Myters. You know that Walde-graues printing presse and Letters were takken away : his presse being timber /was sawen and hewed in...
Page 39 - Press a Collection of Writings in the WELSH Tongue, to the beginning of the Sixteenth Century...