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• The Cambrian Plutarch : comprising memoirs of some of the most eminent Welshmen, from the earliest times to the present (W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1824), by John Humffreys Parry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Liber landavensis, Llyfr Teilo, or, The ancient register of the cathedral church of Llandaff (W. Rees, 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the Cambro British saints, of the fifth and immediate succeeding centuries, from ancient Welsh & Latin mss. in the British Museum and elsewhere, with English translations and explanatory notes (W. Rees;, 1853), by W. J. Rees and Thomas Wakeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Welsh political and educational leaders in the Victorian era (J. Nisbet, 1908), by J. Vyrnwy Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales, from the earliesr times to the present day, 1541-1895, comprising lists of the representatives, chronologically arranged under counties, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, together with particulars of the various contested elections, double returns and petitions. (Priv. Print. for the author by E. Davis and Bell, 1895), by W. R. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wales in the seventeenth century : its literature and men of letters and action (Jarvis & Foster, 1918), by James Cornelius Morrice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Princes of South Wales (T. Birch, 1876), by George T. O. Bridgeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Montgomeryshire worthies ([s.l. : s.n.], 1894), by Richard Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cambrian Plutarch : comprising memoirs of some of the most eminent Welshmen, from the earliest times to the present, including the substance of all previous researches into the literary and personal history of Aneurin, Taliesin, Llywarch Hen, Asser Menevensis, Giraldus Cambrensis, David ab Gwilym, Humphrey Llwyd, Dr. John David Rys, Bishop Morgan, and other early Welsh poets and historians. (W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1834), by John H. Parry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of the Great sessions in Wales, 1542-1830, together with the lives of the Welsh judges, and annotated lists of the chamberlains and chancellors, attorney generals, and prothonotaries of the four circuits of Chester and Wales; the lord presidents of Wales, and the attorney generals and solicitor generals of the marches, compiled from the Patent rolls and Welsh records in the Record office. (Priv. print. for the author by E. Davies, 1899), by William Retlaw Williams and Great Britain Public Record Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Liber landavensis, Llyfr Teilo, or, The ancient register of the Cathedral Church of Llandaff [microform] : from MSS. in the libraries of Hengwrt, and of Jesus College, Oxford : with an English translation and explanatory notes (Published for the Welsh MSS. Society by W. Rees, 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hanes bywyd Thomas Williams, yr hwn a adwaenid wrth yr enw Thomas Capelulo. A ysgrifenwyd o'i enau ef ei hun. (J.Jones tros Thomas Williams, 1854), by Thomas Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the Cambro British saints, of the fifth and immediate succeeeding centuries, from ancient Welsh & Latin mss. in the British museum and elsewhere, with English translations, and explanatory notes (Longman, & co.; [etc., etc.], 1853), by W. J. Rees (page images at HathiTrust)
• The text of the Book of Llan Dav (Oxford, 1893), by Liber Landavensis and John Rhys (page images at HathiTrust)
• Welsh political and educational leaders in the Victorian era (J. Nisbet, 1908), by J. Vyrnwy Morgan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Cambrian Plutarch: (W. Simpkins and R. Marshall, 1824), by John H Parry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The heroines of Welsh history: (W. & F. G. Cash; [etc., etc.], 1854), by T. J. Llewelyn Prichard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enwogion y ffydd; neu, Hanes crefydd y genedl gymreig, o'r diwygiad Protestanaidd hyd yr amser presennol, fel yr arddangosir hi ym mywydau prif dduwinyddion a chrefyddwyr y cyfnod nwnw. Ŏ dan olygiad y Parch. (W. MacKenzie, 1878), by John Peter and Robert John Pryse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the Cambro British saints, of the fifth and immediate succeeding centures (W. Rees;, 1853), by W. J. Rees, Thomas Wakeman, and Abergavenny Society for the Publication of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Powys Fadog. (T. Richards, 1881), by J. Y. W. Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cartrefi Cymru (Hughes a'i Fab, 1896), by Owen M. Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Y Cymry: braslun o'u hanes o'r oesoedd boreuaf hyd farwolaeth Llywelyn eu Llyw Olaf. (Argraphwyd gan R.E. Jones a'i frodyr, 1902), by Thomas Stephens, J. Bodfan Anwyl, Benjamin Davies, and E. Anwyl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enwogion Môn (Anglesey worthies), 1850-1912. (Argraffwyd gan y North Wales Chronicle Co., 1913), by Richard Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vita Sancti Tathei and Buched Seint y Katrin ([s.n.], 1909), by H. Idris Bell and W. J. Rees (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation, by Robert Williams (Gutenberg ebook)
• Anglorum speculum, or, The worthies of England in church and state alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained : wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age : also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county and the most flourishing cities and towns therein. (London : Printed for John Wright ... Thomas Passinger ... and William Thackary ..., 1684), by George Sandys (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• History of the worthies of England (London : Printed by J.G.W.L. and W.G. for Thomas Williams ..., 1662), by Thomas Fuller and John Fuller (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Geirlyfr bywgraffiadol o enwogion Cymru : yn rhyfelwyr, beirdd, pregethwyr, seneddwyr, seintiau, gwyddonwyr, &c, &c. (I. Foulkes, 1870) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cambrian biography: or, Historical notices of celebrated men among the ancient Britons. (London, 1803), by W. Owen Pughe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geiriadur bywgraffyddol o enwogion cymru, o'r oesoedd boreuaf hyd yn awr, yn offeiriaid, pregethwyr, beirdd, hynafiaethwyr, gwyddonegwyr, llenorion, cerddorion, yn nghyd a phob un o enwogrwydd mwen ystyr wladol neu grefyddol. (Argraffwyd a Chyoeddwyd gan J.T. Jones a'i Fab, 1867), by Josiah Thomas Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enwogion Cymreig, 1700-1900, neu eiriadur bywgraffyddol o enwogion Cymreig y ddwy ganrif ddiweddaf, yn Weinidogion, Beirdd, Llenorion, Cerdorion, Gwyddonwyr, Arlunwyr, Gwleidyddwyr, &c. (Jones, Crown Print. Works, 1907), by Thomas Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Who's who in Wales. (Western Mail Limited, 1921), by Arthur Mee (page images at HathiTrust)
• A biographical dictionary of eminent Welshmen who flourished from 1700 to 1900. (The authoress, 1907), by Elizabeth Helen Rowland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enwogion Cymru. A biographical dictionary of eminent Welshmen, from the earliest times to the present, and including every name connected with the ancient history of Wales. (W. Rees, 1852), by Robert Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of eminent Welshmen (Educational Publishing Co., 1908), by T. R. Roberts and Robert Williams (page images at HathiTrust)

• Anglorum speculum, or The worthies of England, in church and state Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein. (London : printed for Thomas Passinger at the three Bibles on London-Bridge, William Thackary at the Angel in Duck-lane, and John Wright at the Crown on Ludgate-Hill, 1684), by G. S. and Thomas Fuller (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Wales : a national magazine. (Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1911) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Wallography (London : Printed for Obadiah Blagrave ..., 1682), by W. R. (William Richards) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Celtic who's who; names and addresses of workers who contribute to Celtic literature, music, or other cultural activities, along with other information. (The Fifeshire advertiser limited, 1921), by L. Macbean (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cambrian bibliography: containing an account of the books printed in the Welsh language, or relating to Wales, from the year 1546 to the end of the eighteenth century; with biographical notices. (Printed and pub. by J. Pryse, 1869), by Gwilym Lleyn, John Pryse, and Daniel Silvan Evans (page images at HathiTrust)

• Enwogion Môn (1850-1912) (Argraffwyd gan E.W. Evans, 1913), by R. Hughes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Enwogion Môn (Anglesey worthies), 1850-1912. (Argraffwyd gan y North Wales Chronicle Co., 1913), by Richard Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Enwogion Sir Aberteifi; Traethawd buddugol yn Eisteddfod genedlaethol Aberystwyth, 1865 (Argraffwyd, dros yr awdwr, gan W. Hughes, 1868), by Griffith Jones (page images at HathiTrust)

• The illustrated history and biography of Brecknockshire. From the earliest times to the present day. Illustrated by several engravings and portraits. (The author, 1886), by Edwin Poole (page images at HathiTrust)

• Blodau'r dyffryn. (Flowers of the Valley). (Phillips a'i Fab, 1914), by Charles Evans (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Ladies of Llangollen (Hugh Jones, 1909), by J. Prichard (page images at HathiTrust)

• A municipal history of Llanidloes. (J. Ellis, 1908), by Ernest Richmond Horsfall Turner (page images at HathiTrust)

• Cantref Meirionydd: ei chwedlau, ei hynafiaeth, a'i hanes. (E.W. Evans, 1890), by Robert Prys Morris (page images at HathiTrust)

• Montgomeryshire worthies ([s.l. : s.n.], 1894), by Richard Williams (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of an exhibition of works by certain modern artists of Welsh birth or extraction : December 1913 to February 1914. (National Museum of Wales, 1914), by National Museum of Wales (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Christmas Evans, the preacher of wild Wales; his country, his times, and his contemporaries. (Hodder and Stoughton, 1883), by Edwin Paxton Hood (page images at HathiTrust)

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