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Desiderata curiosa: or, A collection of divers scarce and curious pieces relating chiefly to matters of English history; : consisting of choice tracts, memoirs, letters, wills, epitaphs, &c. Transcribed, many of them, from the originals themselves, and the rest from divers antient MS. copies, or the MS. collections of sundry famous antiquaries and other eminent persons, both of the last and present age: the whole, as near as possible, digested into an order of time, and illustrated with ample notes, contents, additional discourses, and a complete index. / By Francis Peck. M.A. ...: PB 203-2020

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Desiderata curiosa: or, A collection of divers scarce and curious pieces relating chiefly to matters of English history; : consisting of choice tracts, memoirs, letters, wills, epitaphs, &c. Transcribed, many of them, from the originals themselves, and the rest from divers antient MS. copies, or the MS. collections of sundry famous antiquaries and other eminent persons, both of the last and present age: the whole, as near as possible, digested into an order of time, and illustrated with ample notes, contents, additional discourses, and a complete index. / By Francis Peck. M.A. ...

Maker(s)

Author.: Peck, Francis,
Bookseller.: Evans, Thomas,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Description

Continuous pagination & register.
Index in both vols.
With a list of subscribers.
Original edition: 1732-1735.
Binding: full brown calf, g. rolled border; spine & board edges g.t., border g.t. on inside covers; raised bands, g. lettering; marbled e.p. & a.e. marbled.
Provenance: Fitzwilliam, 1811.
Old classmark: 540.

Measurements and weight

2 v in 1 ([9] leaves of plates, [1] folded leaf of plates) : ill, port ; 33cm (4to).

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Note

Peck, Francis,1692-1743author.London :Printed for Thomas Evans in the Strand.,MDCCLXXIX.. [1779]. Evans, Thomas, 1739-1803, bookseller. Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, Viscount, 1745-1816, donor.

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 203-2020
Primary reference Number: 279366
ALMA control 001: 99120273803606
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 17 December 2020 Updated: Thursday 17 December 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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