Desiderata curiosa: . or, a collection of divers scarce and curious pieces (relating chiefly to matters of English history) in six books ... By Francis Peck, ...
Francis Peck (1692-1743)
Category
Books
Date
1732 - 1735
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3019353
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,plates . port.. . fol.. Imperfect: v.1 only. Provenance: Eighteenth-century ms. inscription: M: Hervey; Armorial bookplate: Mary Lady Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled leather binding; double gilt fillet border; blind fillet and blind tooled panel; Twentieth-century rebacked spine gilt ruled and lettered: "Peck's Desiderata Curiosa 1732"
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Francis Peck (1692-1743)