Curialia: or, An historical account of some branches of the royal houshold &c., &c. Vol. I ... / By Samuel Pegge, esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pegge, Samuel, 1733-1800.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Court and courtiers.

Great Britain.

Courts and courtiers.

Penn Provenance:

Clowes (bookplate)

Mackenzie, Alexander (autograph)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, v-vi, 7-78, vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 126 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 133 pages ; 28 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Historical account of some branches of the royal houshold

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by J. Nichols, and sold by B. White and son [etc.], 1791.

Contents:

v.l, pt.I. Two dissertations ... I. On the obsolete office of the esquires of the king's body. II. On the original nature, duty, &c. of the gentlemen of the king's most honourable privy chamber.

pt.II. A memoir ... regarding the king's honourable band of gentlemen pensioners, from its establishment to the present time.

pt.III. A memoir ... respecting the king's body-guard of yeomen of his guard, from its institution, A.D. 1485.

Notes:

The 3 parts have special title-pages dated, 1782, 1784, 1791 respectively.

The complete work (1791-1803) contains 5 parts, 4-5 of which are edited by John Nichols. cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue, Dict. nat. biog.

Errata: p. [3] (1st count)

OCLC:

6052166