1779 Desiderata Curiosa Francis Peck England History Elizabeth I William Cecil Francis Peck was an 18th-century English priest best-remembered for his book "Desiderata Curiosa". With this book, Peck collected and edited numerous shorter articles, letters, essays, and treatises by other writers including William Lord Burghley, John Whitgift, William Cecil, John Donne Jr, and countless others. The works deal primarily with the… Read more about this item

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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 PECK, Francis (1692-1743)

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1779

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London: printed for Thomas Evans in the Strand, 1779. First Edition thus. Paper-Covered Boards. Fine. Large Paper Copy ("A new Edition, greatly corrected, with some Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mr. Peck") of this "curious collection of original papers, relating chiefly to English history." (Lowndes) Two volumes bound as one, each with separate title page but… Read more about this item

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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... [2 vols].

by Peck, Francis.

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1779.

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London:: Thomas Evans,, 1779.. 4to. 2 vols.. Two volumes. Contemporary Etruscan calf bindings some corner edge wear with rebacked spines. Marbled endpapers with brown binding tape at inner margin. Pencil note to first endpaper binding by ÔEdward HalifaxÕ. Plates with some light ghosting to opposite leaves. Foxing spots mostly to outer margins. Volume two with heavier foxing first… Read more about this item

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Desiderata Curiosa: Or, a Collection of Divers Scarce and Curious Pieces Relating Chiefly to Matters of English History; The Whole, Digested. a New Edition, Greatly Corrected, with Some Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mr. Peck Volume 2 of 2

by Francis Peck

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DESIDERATA CURIOSA: OR, A COLLECTION OF DIVERS SCARCE AND CURIOUS PIECES (Relating chiefly to Matters of English History)

by Peck, Francis (1692-1743)

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1732

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London, 1732. First edition. Complete, clean and sound. First edition. Folio. (vi), viii, (xii, subscriber list and contents), 66p., 26p., 51p.,50., 44p., 56p., (xii, index), (xxii, preface, contents, subscriber list), 68p., 58., 52., 32p., 50., 36p., 32p., 56p., 25p., (xvii, index), (ii, ads, errata). Illustrated with 10 full-page engravings, 3 smaller cuts, 2 large head-pieces and 2 large… Read more about this item