Mae teitl llawn y gyfrol hon yn darllen fel a ganlyn: 'A picturesque description of North Wales: embellished with twenty select views from nature. Published by Thomas M'Lean.' Cyhoeddwyd y gyfrol yn Llundain gan y Columbian Press ym 1823 a daeth y copi hwn i Gymru ym 1846 fel rhan o gyfraniad Thomas Phillips at Brifysgol Dewi Sant, Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

Cyflwynodd Thomas Phillips gyfanswm o 22,500 o lyfrau i'r Coleg yn Llanbedr, ac o'u cynnwys gyda'r casgliadau a gyflwynwyd neu a waddolwyd gan yr Esgob Burgess a theulu Bowdler, nid yw'n syndod bod llyfrgell y coleg ifanc hwn ymhlith y mwyaf a'r mwyaf cyflawn yng Nghymru ar y pryd.

Y lluniau yn unig a ddangosir ar y tudalennau sy'n dilyn ond gellir darllen adysgrifau o'r testun sy'n ymwneud â'r llun o dan y delweddau unigol.

Mae'r rhagair i'r gyfrol yn darllen fel a ganlyn:

'At a time when the whole of the public attention seems to be engrossed by the attractions of foreign countries, whilst travellers of every class, possessing or wholly devoid of taste, are leaving their homes by thousands and tens of thousands in search of the picturesque and beautiful, it may be difficult, but no less laudable, to endeavour to draw back some small portion of regard for those luxurient and exquisite scenes that abound throughout the British Isles - scenes that cannot be surpassed, and very many of them unequalled. It is certainly to be regretted, that in the present day so many should be found, perfectly ignorant of the beauties of our own Islands, yet most eloquently fluent upon the merits of French and Italian scenery, &c. Nor is any thing more common than to meet on every part of the Continent, 'soidisant' people of taste, who have seen no other part of the British Dominions than the place which had the 'honour' to give them birth, and possibly twenty miles around it. An elegant writer has remarked, that, "no one should travel until he has seen his own Country," but the reverse appears to be the present rage; and it has been the wish of the Author, in this small Sketch of Wales, to contribute his mite towards the revival of a kindlier feeling for the unparalleled beauties of our Native Land.'