LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS CONSULTED

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Owen’s Description of Pembrokeshire. London, 2 vols., 1603 [reprinted 1892 and 1897], 8vo, pp. xxviii and 286, and pp. iv and from 287-578, paper covers. Edited with notes and appendix by Henry Owen (Cymmrodorion Record Series, No. 1).

Cambria Triumphans. London (A. Crooke), 1661, folio, pp. 256; a preliminary in sixes and three folding plates of arms; Russia extra; two vols. in one; numerous woodcuts. Note.—Very rare. Briant’s, £30 9s.; Heathcote’s, £29 18s. 6d.

A Survey of the Cathedral Church of St. David’s and the Edifices Belonging to It, as They Stood in the Year 1715. London, 1717, sm. 410, pp. xii, 202, vii, panelled calf. By Browne Willis. Illustrated “with draughts,” consisting of two treble-folding plates opposite p. 1, “The Iconography” (i.e., plan) and “South Prospect,” and opposite p. 91 a double-folding plate containing fifty-two shields. Very rare. Towneley copy sold for £1 11s. 6d. Considering its date, a most excellent book.

History and Antiquities of the Parish of St. David. London (E. Harding), 1801, 4to, pp. viii and 206, boards. By George W. Manby. Nine whole-page aquatints. Note.—Rare, but amusing rather than veracious when not copying Browne Willis.

The History and Antiquities of St. David’s. London and Tenby, 1856, 4to, pp. xii, 400, cloth. By W. B. Jones, M.A., and E. A. Freeman, M.A. Illustrated. Note.—The best work on the subject.

Cambrian Journal. Vol. iii., London, 1856, 8vo; contains an elaborate review of J. and F.’s History, with illustrations.

St. David’s. The Cathedral of SS. Andrew and David. Tenby, n.d., but reprinted from the Cambrian Journal, 1864, 8vo, pp. 18, paper covers. By M. E. C. Walcott.

Handbook to the Cathedrals of Wales. 1st ed., 1873, pp. xx and 334, 2nd ed., 1887, post 8vo, pp. 334, cloth [by R. J. King], illustrated. Note.—2nd edition was revised by the late Dean Allen.

St. David’s; its Early History and Present State. London and Derby, 1868, sm. 8vo, pp. 42, limp cloth. By an Ecclesiologist (Fox). Three illustrations.

H.M. Commissioners’ Report on Cathedral Churches. London (Eyre and Spottiswoode), 1883, folio (pp. 24 on St. David’s), irregularly paged.

St. David’s (Diocesan Histories). London (S.P.C.K.), Brighton, and New York, 1888, post 8vo, pp. x, 254, fancy cloth. By W. L. Bevan, M.A. With map. Note.—Best history of the Diocese.

The Builder. Vol. lxiii., No. 2,600 (Cathedral Series). An article, three full-page plates (including a good plan) and sketches. Folio. London, December 3, 1892.

A Guide to the Cathedral of St. David’s, the Bishop’s Palace, and the Coast Chapels. London (Jones and Evans), Tenby (Mason), 1896, crn. 8vo, pp. 90, paper covers. By Travers J. Briant.

Pembrokeshire Antiquities. Solva (H. H. Williams), 1897, 8vo, pp. vi. and 84, paper boards (consisting of reprints from the Pembroke County Guardian by various authors). St. David’s is mentioned on pp. 8, 34, 37, 53, 68, and 77.

The Architectural Review. Vol. v., Nos. 27, 8, 9, folio. London, 1899; many photographic illustrations by P. A. Robson.

Cathedral Organists. London (Novello), 1899, 8vo, pp. xii and 142, cloth. By John K. West (St. David’s, pp. 76 and 77).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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