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.

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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. 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.
  • Collection of divers scarce and curious pieces relating chiefly to matters of English history
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Imprint
London : printed for Thomas Evans in the Strand, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
Publication year
1779
ESTC No.
T97522
Grub Street ID
316939
Description
2 v. (238, [10], [239]-581, [9] p.) : ill., port. ; 4°.
Note
With a list of subscribers in vol. 1

Vol.1: xvii, [7], 238, [10] p., leaves of plates; v.2: vi, [9], [239]-581, [9] p., leaves of plates

Pp. 420,426 misnumbered 400,406 respectively; With indexes.
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Pp. 420,426 misnumbered 400,406 respectively