An essay on the coins of Cunobelin: . in an epistle to the [...] Bishop of Carlisle [...] wherein this noble set of coins is classed, and appropriated to our British king, upon rational grounds; the opinions of the antiquaries on the Tascia are examined [...] the coins are illustrated in a short commentary; and the various use that may be made of them, in elucidating the antiquities of this island and many passages of the classics, are briefly pointed out [...] By Samuel Pegge [...] To the whole is subjoined, A dissertation on the seat of the Coritani [...].
Samuel Pegge (1704-1796)
Category
Books
Date
1766
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3078847
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv,135,[1]p., [2] plates . 4to.. Red ink stamp on title page: John Field Stnr. 1845. manuscript [bookseller's?] inscriptions: (1) on front pastedown: af N[?] Newman; (2) on rear pastedown: r/c.. Provenance: Marked for purchase by Charles Winn (1795-1874) within bookseller's catalogue issued by John Russell Smith (NT65065; London: 1851 PtVII lot 877).. Binding: Calf; gilt ruled and rolled; spine label missing: 'Pegge on coins'; label pasted over gilt lettering on spine: 'Irons[...] Twicken[...]'.
Makers and roles
Samuel Pegge (1704-1796)