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. Rector of Godeby Near Melton in Leicestershire. Adorned with Cuts. A new edition, greatly corrected, with some memoirs of the life and writings of Mr. Peck. Vol. I.

People / Organizations

• Thomas Evans attorney-at-law ("printed for")
• Francis Peck (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Thomas Evans in the Strand, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]

Publication year

1779-1779

ESTC No.

T97522

Grub Street ID

316939

Description

2v.(xvii,[7],581,[9]p.),plates : port. ; 4⁰

Note

With a list of subscribers in vol. 1.

Uncontrolled note

Pp. 420,426 misnumbered 400,406 respectively