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
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3019355
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,plates . port.. . fol.. Imperfect: lacking general titlepage in vol. II. With both general and vol. titlepage for vol. I, general titlepage is cancel after vol. titlepage. Has additional pp. 63-4, but text and register continuous. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: 636/2 [pencil on vol. 1 flyleaf]; G/3 [pencil]; I.6.8-9 [dark blue ink]. Provenance: No provenance details. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled and polished leather, brown gold-lettered label on spine, gold-tooled spine, borders and board edges, marbled endpaper, red painted edges, green bookmark.
Makers and roles
Francis Peck (1692-1743)