ROBERTS, EDWARD (fl. end of 18th century), editor
Gender: Male
Occupation: editor
Area of activity: Literature and Writing; Printing and Publishing
Author: Griffith Milwyn Griffiths
of Tynewydd, Cefnddwysarn, near Bala, Meironnydd. In 1794 he edited a composite volume called Casgliad Defnyddiol o waith Amryw Awdwyr, consisting mainly of nine letters composed by Elis Roberts ('Elis y Cowper') as religious exhortations to his fellow countrymen. The volume also contained instructions on reading and writing Welsh by Thomas Jones, an account of the visions of one Richard Brightly, religious conversations, and a translation of a religious poem by Ralph Erskine.
Author
- Griffith Milwyn Griffiths
- Cambrian Bibliography (Llanidloes 1869), 685
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20804694
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Published date: 1959
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