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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peck, Francis, 1692-1743.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--Sources.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v.(xvii,[7],581,[9]p.),plates ) port. ;

Other Title:

Desiderata curiosa

Place of Publication:

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

Notes:

With a list of subscribers in vol. 1.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T97522.

OCLC:

642760708