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Pictures from Francis Peck’s Desiderata; there are not many pictures in this book, and these are not all as good scans as I should like, unfortunately. I have the second edition, dated 1779. Francis Peck, M.A., was rector of Godeby near Melton in Leicestershire, according to the title page.
Title: Desiderata
City: London
Date: 1779
Total items: 7
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Frontispiece: Francis Peck, A.M.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Peck-Desiderata/wm/big/000-frontispiece-Francis-Peck-q75-146x200.jpg "[picture: Frontispiece: Francis Peck, A.M.]")
Frontispiece: Francis Peck, A.M.
The engraving was taken from life and shows Francis Peck standing, holding some of his own books, and wearing perhaps an academic gown. The inscription [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Woodcroft House Murder: Desktop Wallpaper Version]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Peck-Desiderata/wm/big/379-Woodcroft-House-bg-q50-267x200.jpg "[picture: Woodcroft House Murder: Desktop Wallpaper Version]")
Woodcroft House Murder: Desktop Wallpaper Version
See the main Woodcroft House plate for more information about this gruesome murder. [$]
![[picture: Burghley House from the Gardens]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Peck-Desiderata/wm/big/230-Burghley-house-from-the-gardens-q75-253x200.jpg "[picture: Burghley House from the Gardens]")
Burghley House from the Gardens
A spectacularly beautiful Elizabethan house, Burghley was built by William Cecil, the Lord High Treasurer of Queen Elizabeth I., between 1555 and 1587; William Cecil’s [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Title Page from Peck's Desiderata]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Peck-Desiderata/wm/big/000-title-page-q75-154x200.jpg "[picture: Title Page from Peck's Desiderata]")
Title Page from Peck’s Desiderata
The title page from this collection of random fascinating articles by Fracis Peck in 1779. I have left it in colour to give a feel for the yellowed paper. The book is over twelve by nine inches in size and two inches thick and the title page presents a solid mass of text in a fashion common in the eighteenth century, at least in England. It was an early [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: View at Leicester, Background Version]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Peck-Desiderata/wm/big/251-Newat-at-Leicester-scaled-bg-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: View at Leicester, Background Version]")
View at Leicester, Background Version
Scaled to make a mediaeval wallpaper (US: medieval wallpaper) or computer desktop background image. [more...] [$]
Pictures from Francis Peck’s Desiderata; there are not many pictures in this book, and these are not all as good scans as I should like, unfortunately. I have the second edition, dated 1779. Francis Peck, M.A., was rector of Godeby near Melton in Leicestershire, according to the title page.
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