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HP: Hafod Press
Acc. 2660, 2681, 2694, 2697
Ref: HPReference: [GB 0212] HP
Date(s): 1803-1973
Level: Fonds
Extent: 18 items
Scope and Content: Hafod Press Collection, comprising books printed at the Hafod Press (1803-1810) founded by Thomas Johnes of Hafod Uchtryd. Also articles and other items relating to Hafod Press.
HP/1The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet. Translated by Thomas Johnes. Ex libris L.M. Thomas-Le Marchant. Four volumes, folio edition with coloured plates.
1809
HP/2The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet. Translated by Thomas Johnes. Four volumes, quarto edition with coloured plates.
1809
HP/3Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France and the Adjoining Counties. Translated by Thomas Johnes. Four volumes. Bookplate: 'Ex libris Caroli Sarolea' [Charles Sarolea]. First vol. signed by owner.
1804
HP/4Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France and the Adjoining Counties. Translated by Thomas Johnes. Four volumes. Illustrated with b/w plates.
1803
HP/5The Travels of Bertrandon de la Brocquiere to Palestine and his Return from Jerusalem overland to France during the years 1432 & 1433. Translated by Thomas Johnes. 1 vol. octavo.
1807
HP/6The Travels of Bertrandon de la Brocquiere to Palestine and his Return from Jerusalem overland to France during the years 1432 & 1433. Translated by Thomas Johnes. 1 volume. Fore-edge painting showing Hafod House (date and artist unknown), hidden when pages are not fanned. One of only 12 copies on large paper. Book plates of E.W. Wynne Pendarves and J.R. Abbey.
1807
HP/7Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France and the Adjoining Counties. Translated by Thomas Johnes. 5 volumes.
1803-1810
HP/8The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet. Translated by Thomas Johnes. Four volumes.
1809
HP/9Memoirs of John Lord de Joinville, Grand Seneschal of Champagne, written by himself, containing A History of Part of the Life of Louis IX [etc.]. Translated by Thomas Johnes. Bookplate: Ex Libris Sir John Mordaunt, Bart. Walton, Warwickshire.
1807
HP/10Articles about Hafod Press
HP/10.1 Offprint of article by James A. Dearden entitled 'Thomas Johnes and the Hafod Press, 1803-10' originally published in The Book Collector, Autumn 1973
HP/10.2 Copy of article by S.I. Wicklen entitled 'Thomas Johnes and the Hafod House Press' from Book Design and Production issue 6
HP/11Labels from a Hafod Press exhibition at Leicester University Library, January 1970. Includes a brief history of The Hafod Press.
HP/12Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet. 4 volumes, hand-coloured illustrations, marbled endpapers.
1809
HP/13Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France and the Adjoining Countries. 4 volumes, hand-coloured illustrations, marbled endpapers. Matching edition to HP/12.
1803-1805
HP/14Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France and the Adjoining Countries. Marbled endpapers. 4 volumes. Binding in poor condition.
1803-1805
HP/15Memoirs of John Lord de Joinville, Grand Seneschal of Champagne, written by himself, containing A History of Part of the Life of Louis IX [etc.]. Translated by Thomas Johnes. Matching edition to HP/12 and 13.
1807
HP/16Memoirs of John Lord de Joinville, Grand Seneschal of Champagne, written by himself, containing A History of Part of the Life of Louis IX [etc.]. Translated by Thomas Johnes. Bookplate: Ex Libris William Herrick.
1807
HP/173 volumes of Chronicles of Monstrelet compiled from printers' waste.
HP/18B/W illustration depicting Llanbadarn church [found in one of the volumes but not contemporary]
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