First Professor of Cornish Studies at Exeter University and Bard of Gorseth Kernow, Charles Thomas (1928-2016) was both a prolific writer and a bibliophile.
His collecting interests extended beyond Cornwall to Irish life and literature, archaeology, the Celtic language, Methodism and much more besides.
The library of this Cornish polymath, as he was once described, was offered by David Lay (18% buyer’s premium) on May 16.