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Yny lhyvyr hwnn
The earliest book printed in Welsh, 1546.
Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos
A 1580 copy of Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, an influential Huguenot tract, that belonged to Robert Williams Vaughan of Hengwrt.
Y Drych Cristionogawl
The first book printed on Welsh soil, 1585 [1586-87].
William Salesbury's New Testament
A significant publication in the history of the Bible and the Welsh language, published on 7th October 1567
1588 Welsh Bible
The first Welsh translation of the complete Bible.
Monsterous Fish
The story, 1604, of the sighting of a mermaid near Pendine, Carmarthenshire.
Micrographia
Robert Hooke's Micrographia (1665).
The Welsh Almanac Collection
A collection of 17th, 18th- and 19th-century Welsh almanacs
The Printed Works of William Williams, Pantycelyn
The Printed Works of William Williams, Pantycelyn, hymn writer, poet, and one of the great leaders of the Evangelical Revival of the 18th century
The case of Dr Thomas Bowles
A pamphlet, 1773, about the case against the non-Welsh-speaking rector of Trefdraeth, Anglesey.
Gwallter Mechain's Reports for the Board of Agriculture
Surveys by Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain') on agriculture in Wales published between 1800 and 1815.
The Blue Books of 1847
An inquiry into the state of education in Wales.
A Welsh Classical Dictionary
A Welsh Classical Dictionary contains biographical and historical articles on Welsh and Brythonic people up to about the year A.D. 1000 who appear in early Welsh historical manuscripts.
National Library of Wales Journal
The National Library of Wales Journal was founded in 1939. Its main purpose is to enable researchers to publish articles or short notes based on the Library’s collections.
Dictionary of Welsh Biography
A website containing over five thousand concise biographies of Welsh people who have made a significant contribution to national life, whether in Wales or more widely.
Other Printed Material available to view
Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards ... The second volume Reference: XM1742 J851 B2 e25 (4to)
Hên ganiadau Cymru = Cambro-British melodies, or the national songs, and airs of Wales Reference: XM1742 J851 H4 e25 (4to)
Hên ganiadau Cymru = Cambro-British melodies, or the national songs, and airs of Wales Reference: XM1742 J851 H4 e20 (4to)
The bardic museum, of primitive British literature Reference: XM1742 J851 B2 e02(a) (4to)
Alawon fy ngwlad = The lays of my land Reference: Castell Gorfod 42 and 43 (4to)
The Welsh harper Reference: Castell Gorfod 179 and 180 (4to)
Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards Reference: XM1742 J851 d94(c) (4to)
A collection of Welsh, English & Scotch airs with new variations Reference: W.e. 392
Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards Reference: Col.712
Antient British music Reference: W.e. 397
British harmony being a collection of antient Welsh airs Reference: Castell Gorfod 154 (4to)
A favourite concerto for the harpsichord Reference: W.e. 392
Six sonatas for the piano forte or harpsichord with accompanyments for a violin and bass Reference: W.e. 392
[Six concertos for keyboard] Reference: W.e. 392
Six sonates pour le clavecin accompagnées d'un violon obligé et d'un violoncelle Reference: W.e. 392d